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… to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … Department and the War Department’s Military Intelligence Division organized extensive domestic surveillance … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … drove this fall’s march of troops through dueling political commercials. But history and tradition both suggest more … opportunity to replace the noise of politics with unifying commemorative silences. This timing is part of why the day’s …

… over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … Jim Crow, and continued inequality that should also be revisited?   Dr. Sarah Gardner  Public schools, street names …

… and a staggering landmark in human population growth combined to give new urgency to the existential question of … interact with the natural workings of the earth system in complex, unprecedented ways and in a markedly short … and our existence. Environmental priorities have become far more desperate imperatives in the past 20 years, as …

… the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … year Pope John Paul II changed the picture. In an historic visit to Cuba, he criticized the embargo, thus encouraging … movement in the U.S. to end it. Shortly after the Papal visit, Secretary of State Albright hurried to Miami to …

… different parties have gained the 20 seats necessary to become a “negotiation group”—a parliamentary caucus that holds … party leader, are the most common cause of this cycle of division and integration.  Perhaps not surprisingly, of the … deeply ingrained in the historical context of Korea's division. Since the armistice agreement in July 1953, Korean …

… history, from native New Yorkers to those who hope to visit one day.” You can find recent Bowery Boys Podcast episodes here . (For older shows, visit “ The Bowery Boys Archive: The Early Years ” on … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, … in doctrine or history that lie behind the current divisions of Christians into “Protestants,” “Catholics,” … fifth-century debates over Christ led to the first great division of Christianity. The Church of the East held to a …

… governmental upheavals after 1911.  Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Rise to Victory During the 1920s and … the name of the previous Republic of China (ROC). This division created the  “Two Chinas” situation , with the PRC … Nations. In 1979, seven years after President Richard Nixon visited China, China officially established diplomatic …

… Sweden, larger than the three Baltic republics (PDF File) combined, and larger than Austria. It would be the 11 th largest U.S. state. A map of the administrative divisions of Belarus. Modern Belarusian nationalism was one … Belarusian nationhood followed this path, the imagined community of Belarus, more than any other European country, …

… Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships. Just … by Japan since 1910, Korea’s liberation included a hasty division of the country itself. The Soviet Union occupied … Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. For a Japanese prime minister to visit the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, where 14 …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways … Clinton, after all, opposed the war in Vietnam, had visited Russia in the 1970s, and had close ties to China — …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was signed during this visit. Calling for normalization in diplomatic relations …

… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … War II as a federation of six republics, Yugoslavia was composed of a diverse mix of religious and ethnic groups. … most diverse of the Yugoslav republics, composed of 43% Bosniaks, 31% Serbs, and 17% Croats—followed …

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … the nickname The Hermit Kingdom really predates the division of Korea along the 38th parallel in 1945. So that … it originates from those the western diplomats when they visit or scout around East Asia in 19th century and 18th …

… Yet there's every reason to believe that the president's visit, even coupled with European sanctions, will not … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar … leaders said the right things on President Bush's recent visit, it remains to be seen if Europeans will carry through …

… been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … of almost 10% per year since 2000. The number of annual visitors doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million people visited the island. At this rate, Iceland’s Tourism Board …

… by hostile states or require an open-ended U.S. military commitment to Iraq. In short, this issue is of crucial … predicted that Iraq would need an army of eight to twelve divisions to meet its defensive requirements. But he … same equipment would be needed for defense as well. The ROK divisions were dismissed at the time as a “gendarmerie,” not …