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A Century of U.S. Relations with Iraq

… in 1998 by embracing the concept of "regime change"—meaning that he would favor the overthrow of Hussein—but …

Colonial Land Injustices in Post-Independence Zimbabwe

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Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era

Ruins of Chorrillos after the battle of January 13, 1881. Photograph by Eugene Courret. Glass Plate. National Library of Peru Collection.

The War of the Pacific and the Fate of South America

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and outgoing President Herbert Hoover on Inauguration Day in 1933.

COVID, the New Deal, and the Importance of Leadership

America's "Big Brother": A Century of U.S. Domestic Surveillance

… from the general counsel seeking a surveillance warrant, meaning procedures to reduce the possible interception of …

General Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. Allenby dismounted as a sign of respect for the holy city.

The Collapse of Ottoman Power

Review of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015)

The Statue of Liberty during the June 10, 2021 solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipses in American History

… their own people . By then, hunger, disease , and violence plagued remaining Indian populations in Ohio: Shawnee, …

A Postcard from Brazil: The Old Struggle for a Better Future

… relentlessly, and to hope for a better future in a country plagued with socioeconomic and racial inequality. The famous …

Cholera and Argentina: Insights for COVID-19

Spaghetti in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

Cover of Vodka Politics by Mark Lawrence Schrad

Bottoms Up, or Race to the Bottom?

Review of Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State, by Mark Lawrence Schrad (New York: Oxford UP, 2014)

Woodcut print depicting the Second Defenestration of Prague in 1618

Out the Window: Religion, Politics, and a Defenestration in Prague

Greek amphora, or jug, from c. 540 BCE showing two hoplite phalanxes engaged in combat. Hoplites were the heavy infantry who formed the backbone of most Greek armies in the Classical Age.

A Fragmented History of Ancient Generalship

Review of The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of Warfare, by Joseph Roisman (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)

Energy Policy: How is the “Long Transition” from Fossil Fuels Doing?

The Jamestown Project

Review of The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007)

… particularly as a reflection of our understanding of the meaning and context of the events that we commemorate in …

Two vials of modern insulin named Actrapid (left) and NovoRapid (right) by the manufacturers.

The First Insulin Injection as a Treatment for Diabetes

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

Cover of Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell

Rome's Wondrous Rivers

Review of Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, by Brian Campbell (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012)

Idi Amin's Coup d’État, Uganda 1971

Bird's-eye-view of the 1993 border blockade enacted by CBP Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas as part of Operation Hold the Line.

Fortifying the U.S.-Mexico Boundary: The 1993 “Hold the Line” Experiment

Outdoing Panama: Turkey’s ‘Crazy’ Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal

… the idea of a bridge over the Bosporus also has a literal meaning that reflected a long legacy of large-scale state …

Black Woodstock: The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

Cover of Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, by Benjamin R. Foster and Karen Polinger Foster.

Babylon Revisited

Review of Civilizations of Ancient Iraq, by Benjamin R. Foster and Karen Polinger Foster (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xii, 297)

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