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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)
… of two Russian ships by a German taskforce under the command of a German admiral improbably marked the entry of … in the Middle East is relatively well-known. Movie-going audiences are familiar with the dashing exploits of T. E. … Arab rebels commanded by Emir Faysal (Hussein’s son and the future king of Iraq), stormed northwards, occupying Damascus …
Eight women in US politics

Women in American Politics

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … I'm an Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I specialize in … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … workers, this was about maintaining a workforce that was obedient and you know, disciplining them and keeping them in … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
Statue and Ukrainian Flag

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Shawn Conroy, PhD … Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio State University •    Myroslava Mudrak, … you by the Center for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Goldberg …
Cartoon from Puck: The Bosses of the Senate

Buying American Elections?

… national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides have indicated, commendably, that they want to avoid the civil liberties … Nov. 9, Ashcroft commented, “When terrorism threatens our future, we cannot afford to live in the past.” Ashcroft, for …
Dynamiters' train in Indianapolis.

Of Bill Gates, Casey Jones, and the Search for Heroes

… whole cloth. A hundred years later, letters to the editor commenting on the anti-trust suit against Microsoft suggest … first astronauts. The World War II generation honored the Audie Murphys and George Pattons because of their courage and … is a professor of African American history at San Diego State University. His most recent book is "Seeing Red: …
A group of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … intersection of culture and politics. In the past, I've studied the relationship between nationalism and ethnic group … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations

… European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the crossroads of the … officials promised not to punish him personally for future terrorist acts and recognized his domestic enemies as … was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name was …

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

… in the Islamic world and the reasons why they have become so explosive in Iraq, it is hardly surprising that … individuals accepted the authority of scripture as embodied in the Quran and the hadith , and recognized the … both Shi'I sects assert that their last Imam did not die, but disappeared into a kind of spiritual concealment to …
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What’s Really At Stake in the Venezuelan Election

… will be no grounds for the United States to reject its outcome. Both U.S. presidential candidates have made … What’s at stake in this referendum is not only the future of Chavez, but the integrity of American foreign … of history and director of Latin American and Ethnic Studies at Lewis & Clark College. …
A woman on the outskirts of Kyiv carrying a bucket of apricots

Eating at You: Food and Chernobyl

… of independence. And, for many, knowing where your food comes from, intimately, down to the moisture of the soil, … strontium and plutonium—up the food chain and into bodies. From this mass monitoring effort, Soviet doctors … of the reactor in Chernobyl that turned reddish-brown and died Once they sorted clean from dirty, Soviet officials …

The Other Half of the African Sky: Women’s Struggles in Zimbabwe

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … lice-infested cells with their children strapped to their bodies. After describing the courageous acts of WOZA activists … the nation, longing for the award of dignity, and a bright future for our children." For his part, Obama recited an old …
Crowd with sign: "Black Caucus for Chisholm"

"Earn Your Spurs" (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 7)

… as president of the NCN,W the organization deepened its commitment to the Civil Rights Movement, with Height joining … figures of both the Democratic and Republican National committees to form the National Women's Political Caucus. … nominee of a major US political party? What does the future of women's political involvement look like? We'll …

Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America

… the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … that in time we'd have similar, agreeable choices to make; futures to shape however we saw fit. We were remarkably … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid …
Mary Mallon in a hospital bed in 1907.

Who Was Typhoid Mary?

… tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … public support for Mallon’s plight.  When a new health commissioner took office in 1910, he decided to release her … controversial. While other topics now occupy the headlines, future outbreaks of infectious disease are likely to once …
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Joseph Smith Discovers the Gold Plates

… to American historians, frequently recited in religious studies classes, and often skewered in popular culture, e.g., … and the Book of Mormon have captivated an American audience. There is little question that such interest will not …