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… administration of George W. Bush is launching a new propaganda campaign. Unfortunately, however, propagandists will be … World War I, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Public Information, led by journalist George … Radio messages carried word of the American commitment to audiences around the world, largely through the format of …

… Republican convention, Texas Governor and presidential candidate George W. Bush won kudos for his gutsy appeals to black … to give black men full citizenship. For that much, Bush and company can claim a worthy lineage. But as early as 1876 — … a vigorous civil rights bill, but the legislation almost died because of a Senate filibuster by Southern Democrats. …

… key periods of global history, including the Roman era, Medieval Europe, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, as well as the present day. Usury has long been viewed negatively because unethical … law, for instance, usury is now accepted as a standard accompaniment to the modern market economy. Indeed, one of …

… by some of the world's most valuable natural resources dashed by kleptocracy and staggering debt. A desire to … State , the preceding volume to this work, Young adopts a comparative approach. As he outlines in his introduction, a … these other global regions have. Throughout the work, Young points to the need for effective governments to affect …

… in style, tone, and story, the two films are instructively complementary in reminding us of an uncomfortable truth … potential, physical and psychological, capricious and everyday — that enforced slavery. Surprisingly — this is, after … gave masters ownership and control over the labor and bodies of the men, women, and children who by law were their …

… to his South Carolina neighbors for the rest of his natural days but he shot himself in the head after the South lost … standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the … one is hard pressed to think of another politician who combines self-indulgence with sanctimoniousness in such …

… The story of Israel's foundation has often been told from the perspective of Jewish … to the Land of Israel. In this presentation, Ori Yehudai turns this historical narrative on its head, focusing on … world. Ori Yehudai is the Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at …

… and Voltaire. Diderot is remembered today mostly as a compiler of others people's work in his role as editor of the Encyclopédie, although he wrote a number of his own philosophical … the proceedings.  Blom reminds us of their menace when he points out that in 1768, some readers of Holbach's …

… As the 80th anniversary of the date that Prohibition was repealed—an annual event now … and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons … drinking habit. In 1970, two legal scholars wrote a comparison of alcohol and marijuana law that I believe still …

… to declare independence ensured that the Soviet Union had become an irrelevancy and its dissolution had become an inevitability. Although questions of ethnicity did … Union’s ethnic patchwork. The watershed event was the three-day coup in August 1991. Gorbachev was on vacation after the …

… Armenia experienced a revolution. On August 17, one hundred days after the upheaval’s end, thousands of Armenians—young … role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with … for corruption and the rise of oligarchs . Armenian soldiers in Karabakh in 1994 using Russian AK-74 assault …

… or "revisionists." These epithets merely delay the day when Americans will consider the import of having used … indefensibility of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is becoming a part of the national conservative creed." But times … and profoundly offensive to all Americans and Japanese who died in that war, and to those Americans who still possess …

… thus passed into the language to refer to someone with no competence or apparent purpose. It turns out, however, that … half of the twentieth century the vice-presidential candidate on a successful ticket has virtually assured himself of … qualified to direct foreign policy if the president dies and to continue the basic policies in the next election …

… to Byzantium , Herrin relates a story of two builders coming to her office after passing it daily to ask her what exactly Byzantium was or is. The … Empire. Byzantium fulfills some of our ideas about the Medieval period, with political and religious influence …

… with a few bombs exploding in Lhasa. In addition, the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual and lay leader, has … Both sides have long known that the solution lay in compromise and talks have endured intermittently, and … the far more difficult issue of Taiwan. Now that Deng has died, both sides now appear determined to find a solution. …

… immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Reagan also revived his party, in disarray after the scandals of the Nixon administration. He unified Southerners, … Reagan left office. Great presidents are also effective communicators. Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in …

… In November 2009 that angry fragment of the party is embodied by Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Joe Wilson and their … their spittle-flecked vitriol and “death panel” talking points, the denialist “Birthers” with their tenuous grip on … They have shown no inclination toward the kind of compromise that characterized President Reagan on issues …

… the global war on terror is the central event of our time, comparable to the great struggles of the last century … generation to confront and defeat global terror. This has become Americas mission to defend the peace through the … rhetoric is to reveal a different story. By historical standards, the enterprise that Bush’s most ardent supporters …

… electoral politics: getting elected to public office. Today, we turn to the history of women running for public … 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. …

… to the rules of the Constitution, all will … unite in common efforts for the common good," he proclaimed. Two … Both invoked the power of the state to push through fundamental change. During his tenure as prime minister, … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… pervade early American medical literature. In one standard 19th-century text on malformations, one doctors … mortifying and disgusting imperfections.”   Intersex bodies have always aroused suspicion. But many people’s … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this …