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… — Ho Chi Minh, the leader of North Vietnam. As with Saddam Hussein, Ho Chi Minh had started out as an ally of … colonialists in their war against Ho’s Vietminh, he had become a bitter U.S. enemy. Over the next decade, Ho … were in Vietnam. By 1973, more than 58,000 of them had died there. Congress later recognized the mistake of the …

… disc jockey Alan Freed crowing “That’s Bill Haley and the Comets rockin’ and rollin’ you with ‘Shake, Rattle and … charts—notably 1944’s “Strange Things Happen Every Day.” Tharpe was ahead of her time in other ways as well. In … even of sexuality. Tharpe’s career was cut short when she died of complications from diabetes in 1973, at the age of …

… strategists have long been concerned that Americans would become complacent” about the war on terrorism. “Skepticism by … answer was to have the president talk endlessly about the dangers of nuclear weapons in the hands of a ruthless enemy. … of hope? Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… By September 1862 the Battle of Antietam provided the bloodiest day in American history, rewriting "the rules for acceptable … 24,000 casualties, yet religious leaders only became more committed to their crusades and more strident in their …

… miss a massive opportunity to reform one of the most outdated and anti-majoritarian practices in American politics. … anti-democratic, inefficient, and a symbol of legislative incompetence. Liberals in the earlier post-World War II period … that civil rights organizations in the 1950s placed committee and filibuster reform at the top of their …

… a Kiwanis Club gathering in Columbus, Ga. Calley told his audience that “not a day that goes by that I do not feel remorse for what … who has been assigned blame for another’s actions. Calley committed murder at My Lai and ordered his men to do the …

… After being out of power for 13 years, 7 months, and 21 days, Nawaz Sharif was reelected prime minister of Pakistan … in 1947, Pakistan’s political elites have faced regional, communal, and religious obstacles to building a stable, … Beginning: Independence and Partition Salmon Rushdie has famously described Pakistan as “a place … …

… the first few decades of the nineteenth century the dead bodies themselves became precious commodities because the dissection of human cadavers for anatomical study had become an essential element …

… for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … We simply can’t know that certain policies pursued today will yield predictable or desirable results tomorrow. In … an unknown who ascended to the presidency when Roosevelt died in 1945. He then accidentally presided over the end of …

… las Casas, sickened by the exploitation and physical degradation of the indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of … natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … extremely popular Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, which was published during his lifetime (c. …

… in the moment. Some, however, really do represent something completely new in American political history, and not always … 1. 1800 Portraits of Thomas Jefferson ( left ), and John Adams ( right ). (Source: Library of Congress Online … involving a federal election commission, railroad subsidies, and the renewed threat of regional violence, Hayes was …

… War is similar to the problem facing American negotiators today: how to work with a sometimes-undependable ally.   The … shown the agreement, he felt presented with a fait accompli and refused to consent.   Believing that he had been … agreed to a deal, but only after the American Christmas bombings of 1972 had laid waste to Hanoi and Nixon had given …

… movements; and the third being "crib-sheet books, the compilations, quote books, 'dictionaries' and … that "the nation must not stray from its religious foundations and values lest society collapse into anarchy," … the Daughters of the American Revolution, Critchlow also points out that Phyllis Schlafly, who held high office in …

… Somewhere in the Davis Mountains of the vast Texas Trans-Pecos is a … cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … he is probably going to make a mountain lion very happy, or at least bring a smile to some Texas buzzard’s …

… after signing the Declaration of Independence, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson were tasked … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … captured the principle that “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God.” Thomas Jefferson, who later created his own …

… Since the economic crisis we’re now in is being compared to the Great Depression, the solutions being … (R-Ohio) is so angry at the New Deal that he told an audience recently that Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal actually … the details, but there was a broad consensus around these points.   The result of that consensus was the greatest …

… The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … phenomenon of Islamist terror organizations including Al Qaeda and ISIS . In fact, rather than just a recent … the most powerful person in Borno. Muhammad al-Kanami died in 1838, and was succeeded by his sons. The last of …

… about the dynamics of the debate over guns. Polling data for decades have shown that most Americans favor … Amendment does not prohibit robust gun regulation, it compels it. Today’s gun rights ideology is antithetical to … about an obligation citizens owed to their government and communities to contribute to public defense. They also …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … farmers about economics and developing a political agenda to address their grievances.   Those efforts culminated … bees:  They sting one of the two major parties.  Then they die.   This is where the Tea Partiers find themselves now. …

… the history of science, Jacob offers a series of case studies looking at Avignon, Alchemy, early stock markets, … in order to prevent against militant nationalism and fundamentalist sentiment.  Opening the book is a detailed study … Republicans. This allows her to easily skim over the often complicated inter-relations between politics, science, and …

… millions of lives each year and in some cases eradicated dangerous diseases not only locally but globally. The Earth … vaccines and by the concerns raised by now-discredited studies that linked vaccines and autism. And as vaccination … child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae …

… another colonial regime, its own. After ousting Saddam Hussein, Washington is in the process of doing roughly … some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from …

… year, Russia’s legacy as an imperial power has suddenly become the stuff of current affairs. As Russian leaders assert … that had long enjoyed cultural autonomy. But, as Sunderland points out, people like Ungern could exist in two (or more) … that is engaging, insightful, and accessible to a wide audience. Along the way he neatly summarizes critical moments …

… experts Melissa Beard Jacob, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Daniel Rivers discuss Indigenous Peoples' Day and the history of Indigenous People. Dr. Jacob is the … Daniel Rivers. I'm faculty lead for the American Indian Studies Program here and I teach Native American History, …