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The Terra Cotta Warriors: Xi’an’s most famous attraction

A Postcard from Xi’an: Balancing Past and Future

… People’s Republic of China faces the task of reckoning with history. In order to establish where China is going, the PRC … encounters such reckoning throughout Xi’an in its public history spaces. The emerging field of public history in Xi’an is essential to the city’s identity, and …
Cartoon from Puck: The Bosses of the Senate

Buying American Elections?

… about the influence of dollars on the ballot box in U.S. history. At the core of this intriguing discussion is this: … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events in … Perspective at Ohio State University. This is the history podcast for everyone and I'm your host, Patrick …
Fidel Castro in 1959

Easing Up on Cuba

… what is this embargo, and why do we have it? It has a long history. President Eisenhower initiated it in 1960, and … nearly 40 years. Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the … History News Service …
Photo of William Colby

Casting the Long Shadow of the CIA

Review of Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA, by Randall B. Woods (New York: Basic Books, 2013)
… has become a more or less forgotten figure in the turbulent history of the 1960s and 1970s. However, he played a … Colby and the CIA , by Randall B. Woods (New York: Basic Books, 2013) …
Space Shuttle Columbia launching

Can We Boldly Go There Any More?

… discussion about the role of human beings in space. In the history of technology, a visible disaster is a failure of a … Coopersmith is associate professor in the Department of History at Texas A & M University. … History News Service …
American soldiers salute while in formation in 1977.

Time to Ask and Tell!

… like Ricks, were gay. This isn’t news, of course. It’s history. So it’s time to acknowledge the historic service of … It’s time to lift the ban. Steve Estes is a professor of history at Sonoma State University. He is the author of I Am … History News Service …
Immigrant Rights Protest by Betty Tsang, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The Federal War on Immigrants Is a War on All Workers

… than 7,000 arrests at worksites by the end of 2007. The history of immigrant deportations over the last century … the terrorists. Elliott Young is an associate professor of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at … History News Service …
Howard Dean in 2014.

How Dean Followed in Goldwater’s Steps

… certainly he proved a poor student of presidential election history. Dean’s early aggressiveness and his antiwar, … Ambassador of the New Era" (2004) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1971.

Playing Fast and Loose with Historical Analogies

… analogies cannot do the work of critical assessments. If history teaches any lessons, the most important may be that … in Iraq. Michael Richards teaches modern European and world history at Sweet Briar College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Cartoon in Punch, 1906.

For Iraq, a Lesson from Africa

… so do we. Derek Catsam is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin and a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Freedom's Main … History News Service …
U.S. Marines holding Sandino's Flag - Nicaragua 1932.

The Costs of Intervention

… years to work out. John R. Bawen is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of California-Riverside and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Henry Ford with a Model T in 1921.

What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa

… plan. Howard P. Segal is Bird and Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine. He is the author of “Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Cyberspace Communities” … History News Service …
Book cover of To Break Russia's Chains by Vladimir Alexandrov

Terrorism as the Path to a Better Russia

Review of To Break Russia’s Chains: Boris Savinkov and His Wars Against the Tsar and the Bolsheviks by Vladimir Alexandrov (New York: Pegasus Books, 2021)
… highlights—perhaps overemphasizes—the “what ifs” of history. At the outset, he argues “if any of the … one family, the novel engages with Tolstoyan views of history. One character realizes that the SR Party leadership … the Bolsheviks by Vladimir Alexandrov (New York: Pegasus Books, 2021) …
President George W. Bush delivers his remarks on the global war on terror during a visit Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, to Atlanta

War and “The Law of Unintended Consequences”

… unintended consequences. Robert Brent Toplin, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, has published books on popular culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Copy of an 1890 lithograph depicting the Battle of New Orleans during the Revolutionary War.

A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism?

… at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the History News Service. Anthony A. Cipriano is an independent … researcher who specializes in military and diplomatic history and works in Washington, D.C. He is also a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
William Calley Jr. mugshot for charges involving the My Lai massacre.

Was William Calley a Scapegoat?

… then and remains one of the most disgraceful days in the history of the U.S. Army. Calley was not the only one who … is a veteran of the Vietnam war and a writer for the History News Service. His "War Stories: Swift Boaters, … History News Service …