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… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … Mark Sokolsky  Welcome to History Talk , where we bring together a panel of … of local governments?   Dr. Clay Howard  You know, ultimately infrastructure is a question of our …

… in the quality of American presidential leadership than comparison of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban … his resolve. He had irrefutable proof of missiles in Cuba before deploying troops to American ships and to southeastern … that hatred, not diminished them. Clearly, Bush and his team underestimated the level of civilian resistance in …

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … to Seneca Falls, lived on the Seneca reservation. She was visiting the Seneca reservation in early summer and was … Paxton But abolition and women's rights began to pick up steam up to and through the Civil War. Closely connected, …

… The poster for HBO’s Chernobyl. “What is the cost of lies?” This … the explosion. A plant employee at work, mid-1980s. In any complex system, accidents are inevitable, but the Soviet … Reactor #4 the day after the explosion. Chernobyl is ultimately a deeply frightening story about the danger of …

… conferences, and publications that in turn disseminated information and ideas. New Zealand suffragists at a London … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … they embarrassed President Woodrow Wilson in front of a visiting Russian delegation, whose wartime cooperation he …

… behind the president and written a $40-billion check for an unspecified military action and recovery in New York … John Ashcroft asks for authority to hold non-citizens incommunicado indefinitely if the government regards them as a … the moment will come, as it has in the past, at too great a price. If terror weakens the Constitution, the terrorists …

… crowned “Miss America 2017.” Longtime beauty pageant owner, former Atlantic City casino magnate, and current … America Pageant. As early as the 1880s, business owners and community leaders began organizing beauty pageants in … 2016 election offers us the opportunity to decide what the ultimate symbol of women in America ought to be. …

… spelled out, in English, the word Newborn . Fireworks accompanied live appearances by pop stars and elected officials. The Serbian government had been bracing for this moment as well. Its official stance—summed up in … upcoming election of September 24, in which Miloševic was ultimately defeated by Vojislav Koštunica and subsequently …

… Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" was signed. This … signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009, with the latest act by Yonten, a 24-year-old former monk from Kirti …

… drinking and farming, and their modes of transportation for people and goods. Rivers were crucial to mapping, … religious aura of rivers enhanced the status of riverine communities” (31). Rivers were ascribed human qualities and … drying wetlands), the Roman story of rivers was an “ultimate failure to master them” (13). Indeed, in one of the …

… Although “originalism” was once thought to be the best way for the court to achieve that goal, this controversial … about this theory. What is originalism? Where did it come from? Is it a good or workable theory of constitutional … an influential cadre of lawyers who functioned as a farm-team for lawyers, judges, and legal academics eager to turn …

… and presidential candidate George W. Bush won kudos for his gutsy appeals to black voters. Alluding to a proud … to give black men full citizenship. For that much, Bush and company can claim a worthy lineage. But as early as 1876 — … be a courageous act indeed. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… War II in Europe. This year as in previous ones, Europeans commemorated VE (Victory in Europe) Day with a combination … turned badly against Germany in the summer of 1944, Allied forces began liberating the concentration camps. Soldiers of … and experienced the Nazi’s brutality. One can also visit the sites where this harrowing history took place. The …

… that way. If bosses and politicians had not put profits before people, the fire might not have happened, or if it did, … watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could … Investigating Commission, which travelled around the state visiting factories, talking with workers and observing …

… new book Crimea: A History . Kent, who is much better known for his work on Arctic and Scandinavian history, takes a … the Greeks, the Romans, and the Goths, among others. This comprises the first chapter of Kent’s history. The next … the reader, while allowing for digestion and comprehension. Ultimately, and especially considering the dearth of …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with articles and books, and with lectures and … Instead of the “China Dream” that is the mainland’s latest propaganda watchword, the chorus of “Flowers of …

… Guernica was not the first strategically insignificant, non-combatant town ever to be targeted for aerial bombardment, its destruction by the Nazi Condor … of war itself, and of the atrocities that continue to be visited upon civilian populations in the form of aerial …

… The popular hit Downton Abbey chronicled this transformation in the struggles of the Crawley family to manage … instance, crossed the Atlantic and settled in England, becoming members of the English aristocracy and elite British … families such as the Astor’s supported football and cricket teams for their staff (252). Tinniswood could, overall, be …

… Shi'i militiamen in Tikrit, a Sunni stronghold and the former hometown of Saddam Hussein. When ISIS forces drove … some political pundits conclude, negotiations cannot overcome divine principles dictating distinct worldviews that … controlled the most powerful army in the Islamic Empire. Ultimately, Hassan and his brother Husayn, fearing civil …

… of around fifty to seventy-five years. Brown moves back and forth between chapters that give background context and … Augustine, Brown emphasizes the importance of patronage and community in the famous bishop's career and suggests that … misrepresents the state of affairs in the sixth century. Ultimately, these criticisms are minor and do not detract …

… with government was so tenuous that he saw the White House for the first time on a tour. The term "throttlebottom" thus passed into the language to refer to someone with no competence or apparent purpose. It turns out, however, that … as heir apparent and de facto party chief, and voters might ultimately have real choices between candidates and parties. …

… really was catastrophic. This is perhaps a useful context for understanding Pennsylvania State University historian … in church politics, while Julian flounders after becoming augustus and Jovian emerged as the first “compromise … the purview of the East alone. Such intense scrutiny on the ultimately unanswerable question of why and how Rome fell …

… Free City of Danzig. As the ship’s big guns hammered Polish fortifications on the Westerplatte peninsula, undercover … of the German Army moved out of their encampments and into combat. It was the beginning of a war over the future of … Groups” or Einsatzgruppen . These insipidly named teams of SS and police forces were tasked with murdering any …