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… sixth series will debut in 2017) hundreds of novels and comic books, and countless toys, games, uniforms and other … third season cast ( right ). Star Trek and its fans have become one of the archetypes of both the undying multi-media … remained dominated by variety shows, fluffy situation comedies, spy and police thrillers, and ubiquitous westerns. …

… that the man’s predictions for the future of Egypt may be coming true. Since the coup that ousted Morsi, the Egyptian … the year since Morsi’s overthrow, an estimated 1,400 have died as a result of political violence, many of them Ikhwān … reign in the early and mid-1970s this period of tolerance coincided with a calming of the Islamist forces in Egypt. …

… Le Duan and Le Duc Tho, the police state they and their comrades built in the North to solidify their power and … to Revolutionary War," follows the early careers of the "Comrades Le" and their effort to build a police state in … This will also be the starting point for numerous other studies on international diplomacy during the Cold War. Nguyen …

… Here's why.   The Great Depression was the result of the combination of the 1929 financial crisis and serious … It was pumped up by over-lending by banks and financial companies and over-borrowing by Wall Street. Rising interest … and economic history and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… For Peace and Money: French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars New book from Ohio State historian Jennifer … of World War I." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …

… scientists hoped that vaccines could be used to eradicate common childhood diseases such as mumps and rubella. Yet … eradicated. Conis writes, “Nature was something to be overcome with technological breakthroughs and scientific … regarding mumps, which was regarded as a harmless and comical disease of childhood. These diseases, once …

… working conditions, and a union, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), to many factories in the … watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could … They turned to the justice system, but justice was not forthcoming. Blanck and Harris were tried in criminal court for …

… giant leap forward for their cause. Both activists and news commentators have compared this ruling to Brown v. Board of … again? Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …

… on “the near absence among the men I worked with… of any comprehension of what Nazism meant.” Commentator Dwight … endangered. The New York Times reported that the typical soldier thought simply that “the war must be finished quickly … of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. …

… even at the risk of confrontation with the international community. In persuading the Iranian government to be more … War, the United States believed that it faced the threat of communist expansion in the developing world. Iran looked … of nations. Dino E. Buenviaje writes for the History News Service and is a graduate student at the University of …

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … linguistic, and religious differences? No conclusive studies compare Eastern and Western European attitudes toward … East and West, a potent metaphor of captivity. It is not coincidental that the end of the Cold War began with the …

… of psychedelic exploration . The Summer of Love marked the coming out party for the counter-culture we now associate … epicenter for the Summer of Love, and the term itself was coined there by a coalition of organizations. By 1967, San … she burst out onto the scene receiving incredible audience enthusiasm and critical reception. D.A. Pennebaker …

… from the Internet. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for … safety and peace. Ann Larabee is a professor of American studies at Michigan State University and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … The problem was the second attack never occurred. Naval commanders couldn’t even confirm whether their ships had … the disintegrated Iraqi military posed to the international community. Although military press briefings report that …

… holding a variety of assets — real estate, weapons, communications equipment and large amounts of cash and … need not be conducted by basement-dwelling devotees of Soldier of Fortune magazine. There are professional entities … Center in Washington and a writer for the History News Service. Anthony A. Cipriano is an independent researcher …

… Sometimes the coincidences of history are uncanny.  On Sunday, September … Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … silver become too heavy, and something that embodies more value in less volume is needed.  This need is best …

… both countries appear to break from the autocratic past and complicate our understanding of their political future. In … years of the USSR.  The two leaders quickly tossed aside Communism as a governing ideology and instead embraced … announced his own popular referendum on skipping his upcoming election, too. Lacking a more salient Islamist threat …

… the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught … defense of the bombing of Hiroshima does us all a disservice. It substitutes a simplistic history for a complex … about a White House decision to the question of what soldiers in the Pacific believed, when the relevant historical …

… who make up the Religious Right, faith is important when it comes to moral issues such as abortion and homosexual … called such behavior “virtue.” Personal sacrifice for the common good would provide a necessary check to the … in Grantham, Penna., and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… years now, those of us who study the ancient world have become progressively aware that American Neo-Nazis, white … Evropa to the prominent display of the Parthenon on the website of the Neo-Nazi forum Stormfront, classical texts … dumpster summer of racism ” confined to classics alone as medieval historians , too, found themselves increasingly …

… Catholic Republic of Ireland, an utterly unacceptable outcome. They therefore fiercely fought the civil rights … in Belfast. The police, overwhelmingly Unionist, were complicit in the violence, leaving Catholics with no obvious … take a seat, even if elected) in either of the electoral bodies that represented the two halves of the island: the …

… As the president made his way to the train, chatting companionably with Secretary of State James G. Blaine, a man … body for two and half months. Surrounded by his family, he died on September 19, 1881, plunging the entire nation into … Garfield’s shooting. His death rallied support for civil service reform, leading to the passage of the Pendleton …

… chemists had worked to find an organizing principle that encompassed all of the known elements and that could be … characteristics—they were largely inert and resistant to combining with other substances—but the entire set fit … students. The majority of these tables look fantastical in comparison with the castle-like table that is found in …

… one. We should not panic if Russia, in the short-term, becomes more antagonistic toward Western values and interests. … techniques upon Russian nobles and required their service as officers and civil servants. Upon Peter’s death, … Russian and American geopolitical interests do not coincide. Both states will pursue policies to their own …