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… Wisconsin doesn't often provide political leadership at the national level, but when it does, it's like that old nursery … his effort to curtail the power of public employee unions.  They share the view of New York Times columnist … it takes to rein in costs.  They have little sympathy for unions, denigrating them as organizations concerned only …

… late 1950s, nuclear fears were even greater than today. The Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in a massive arms … be the grand opening to a 21st-century arms race. No international norm would exist against the testing and …

… nuclear power station in Ukraine , then a republic of the Soviet Union, conducted tests that went wrong. Trying to correct … saved the world." ( Photo by Anna Olenenko) When we—an international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars—visited in …

… years came flooding back as I read this week about the National Park Service's call for public input to identify … met César Chávez, the founder of the United Farm Workers union. She said yes. She joined César's union and became an organizer. Why, I asked?  For respect, …

… country, and many will be in Washington, D.C., to visit the national memorials dedicated to the wars in which they … First World War’s outbreak, the United States still lacks a national memorial to the 4.7 million Americans who served … War.   Yet despite these appalling numbers, there is no nationally consecrated location in the United States where …

… President John F. Kennedy and his advisers learned that the Soviet Union was installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, … … Michael D. Richards … History News Service … Global/Transnational … United States … Soviet Union … Nuclear Power & …

… Civil War which consolidated Bolshevik rule and created the Soviet Union. The threads of these momentous events are tied … the Germans, Russian leaders feared and resisted relying on nationalism to rally the troops for the cause. If anything, …

… The National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) in Columbus, Ohio is the first national memorial or museum dedicated to honor all United … of service or if they served during war or peace. The National Veterans Museum and Memorial in Columbus, Ohio. The …

… Gatsby , the nuances of the plot are tied together with national prohibition and the ways in which individuals … never occurred, Kathleen Drowne, in Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, 1920-1933 , … Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. … Review of Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature , by Kathleen …

… War.” Congress obviously shared the belief that beating the Soviet Union to the moon was an important goal because it backed … promoting a joint lunar trip by the United States and the Soviet Union. That idea was never realized, in part because …

… promised to negotiate a disarmament deal with the Soviets. But the effort collapsed in 1960, after the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane and captured pilot Gary … … History News Service … Cold War … United States … Soviet Union … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Iraq … Brandishing Nukes–A …

… in the Bolshevik takeover of Russia and creation of the Soviet Union, the events of February 1917 brought an end to more … out not only to take in the fresh air and celebrate International Women’s Day, but to vent long-simmering …

… of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent since 1991. Map of … Our next stop was the mausoleum and museum of the Kazakh national poet, Abai Kunanbaev (1845-1904). Abai occupies a …

… have often speculated about the development path of the Soviet Union if Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) and not Joseph Stalin … his Byulleten oppozitsii and founded the Fourth International. Free from the constraints of government, Trotsky …

… day ten years ago that Kremlin guards hauled down the Soviet flag for the last time and Mikhail Gorbachev calmly … reconsidering several faulty assumptions. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many influential Americans expected … by the alarming strength of communists and xenophobic nationalists in the December 1993 elections, spurred the …

… to Kyiv’s protests, where he joined anarchist and trade union activists in the fight against police violence. Serhii … Union, an alternative economic agreement for other former Soviet Republics. Ukrainians, especially in Kyiv, came into … Ukraine … Revolution … Military/War/Peace … Europe … Former Soviet Union … Heroes Never Die …

… to the Russian Federation, and one epicenter of an international conflict over Ukraine that seems far from … navy units, Sevastopol became the location for a full-scale Soviet push-back against Nazi forces. Despite the efforts of … In 1954, to commemorate the 300 th anniversary of Russia’s union with Ukraine, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev …

… this process culminated in the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. For the lives of East Germans, the fall of … Some question the possibility of fostering a supranational “European” identity, and efforts to create an …

… The Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau (Place of Refuge) National Historical Park is located on the Kona coast of the … ranger. The Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau began its journey into the National Park Service in 1868. Charles Bishop—an American … the land that would become Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historic Park that year as a gift for his wife, …

… of U.S. soldiers at risk and imperiled America’s long-term national security. Three principles are essential for the … followed for peace-building operations is respect for international opinion. In postwar Germany and Japan, the people … strength in a way that promotes freedom.” Since America’s national security depends on the good will of other nations, …

… socialism—and, more importantly, between peoples of shared nationality—became irrevocably porous. But the events of … GDR under close scrutiny from the Western powers and the Soviet Union—whose guarantee of East German compliance also meant …

… (in Siberia), on a date that would come to be known as International Asteroid Day . Map showing the location of the … killed some of those involved, including Kulik himself. A Soviet postal stamp from 1958 with Leonid Kulik's portrait … and even more speculation. Scientists in the Soviet Union and abroad began to ponder whether Tunguska could have …

… recognize, imperils America’s position in the Asia-Pacific. National security officials weigh their options: to pass … of State John Foster Dulles had sought to deter Sino-Soviet adventures cheaply by threatening immediate … the shelling had started. The second time, the Soviet Union, whose nuclear umbrella stretched over China, opted to …