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… forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them north of the … greatly assisted the fledgling KPA. Mao Zedong’s own son died during the conflict. Soviet leader  Joseph Stalin , … posture and shows no signs of retrenchment in the near future.  …

… 1965 to official independence in 1980.   Political factors complicated matters. Since the early 1960s, the British … did not go it alone. He had fellow comrades including the future president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and Ndabaningi … Joshua Nkomo (ZAPU), Robert Mugabe (ZANU-PF), and Bishop Abel Muzorewa of the United African National Council …

… Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … seen whether George W. will allow his administration to be completely captured by his fossil fuel buddies. Eisenhower, in fact, ended up vetoing the deregulation …

… unrest that followed. To explain this food crisis to an audience in St. Louis in May 2008, then-President George W. … top of that came the failure of the rains and the peasants died en masse , so that entire villages were left … the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across …

… Hurricane Katrina has underscored the importance of unified command and control in response to national disasters. … programs to better prepare state and local leaders for future crises. These programs should be run by the National … to the 1927 flood. If we are to deal effectively with future hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires and mudslides, …

… sexual arousal and copulation to rearing, socializing, and diet. For example, since tortoises’ sex is … human-directed artificial selection may now determine their future. [All photos by author and Leonardo Carrizo.] David … is a photographer and historian. He leads photography workshops to, among other places, the Galapagos. …

… to bear arms, but the record puts them behind “moderate, common-sense measures” for gun control — the very kind … six-shooter loaded with deadly cartridges is a dangerous companion for any man, especially if he should unfortunately … Ross Collins is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, North Dakota State University, and a writer …

… he appeared before a joint session of Congress and pledged “communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation” with legislators, adding, “I do … we can appreciate Ford’s refusal to let the presidency become an instrument of partisan knife-sharpening. He welcomed …

… and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating below the level of the state in medieval Europe. As a consequence they have left historians … guide. Jordan has written widely on various subjects in medieval French history, and is perhaps the greatest living …

… to contested elections. When elections were questioned, common sense, rather than adherence to technicality, … and wrong initials of first names and last names were commonplace. Rather than throw out the ballots, as electoral … to electoral law. Thousands of other ballots with incomplete punches have not been counted because the …

… South Vietnam’s governments also had serious problems. The Diem regime (1954-63) wanted to defeat or at least contain the Viet Cong but could not rally non-Communist South Vietnamese behind it, prompting the United … to happen. (Similarly, some Americans in 1963 thought that Diem could continue in office if he fired his brother Nhu – …

… tri-color Armenian flag and filled with hope for a better future, the crowd roared with enthusiasm when the … role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with … for corruption and the rise of oligarchs . Armenian soldiers in Karabakh in 1994 using Russian AK-74 assault …

… own independence from tyranny. But before 9/11, astute commentators warned about grandiose calls for democracy to … the rule of law governs, and where with democracy will come responsibility for the political classes and the masses … opportunity, and one that the rest of the world should welcome. People who have their own property have a vested …

… Western Christianity.  This, in my opinion, impedes his audience from considering the true centrality of the issues of … While a member of the College of Cardinals or the Archbishop of Canterbury might deliver sermons informed by their … of The Ransom of the Soul will provide inspiration to future scholars and father a new vein of historiography in …

… crowd relentlessly screamed at the sight of them.  Still to come were the increasingly more abstract and innovative compositions, the abrupt withdrawal from touring, the … smaller labels with lesser promotional capacity claimed the commercial rights to their earlier recordings. Then, in the …

… Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … for women’s rights before a mixed-race and mixed-sex audience—embraced a diasporic vision of freedom when she asked … to the 1848 abolition of slavery in the French West Indies, opposition to the U.S. war with Mexico, and Native …

… he stood on the shoulders of giants, so perhaps he’d welcome the gift.   Newton is famous for Principia Mathematica … here . Or, to tailor your explanations to various audiences, try this hilarious guide from The Guardian . Most … on God’s place in his natural philosophy, in order to refute those who had accused him of disbelief by omitting God …

… cultures, and belief systems. In the Late Antique and medieval eras, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and … was crucified. Elias bought Jesus’ robe from a Roman soldier at Golgotha and brought it back to Mtskheta. As he … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy …

… concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … the United Nations, the grandest of all supranational bodies. A contested child custody case in Chile will be … or raising the bar on human rights, supranational bodies loom large in the domestic affairs of the world’s …

… safety, and how much states should subsidize the ritual—is complicated. In many countries, demand for hajj visas … Ukraine , Russia offered Crimean Tatars generous hajj subsidies ($1000 per person, about a third of the cost of an … and holy tombs around the city to make space for new shopping malls and luxury hotels. And today’s hajj crowds …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient … for the first time in the history of the city to prevent future fires. Buildings had to be built with ground floors …

… George Santayana made one of the world’s best known comments about history when he said that those who learn … triumvirate of 1920s conservative Republican presidents, died in 1923 amid bribery and corruption scandals that were …

… cloud was detected over Sweden did the full extent become known to the authorities in the Soviet Union’s capital … for “nature”: humans or radioactivity? Some scientific studies indicate an abundance of wild life, especially large … zone. Debate rages about the total deaths, and likely future deaths, that can be attributed to the disaster. …