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Philippoteaux - Lamartine in front of the Town Hall of Paris rejects the red flag.

The Challenges of 1848 Reprised in the Middle East Today

… failed revolutionaries leaving their countries behind?   History suggests it is much too early to call upheavals in … cynical in 2011. Tim Roberts is an associate professor of history at Western Illinois University.  He is the author of … Exceptionalism (Virginia, 2009). … Timothy M. Roberts … History News Service … Middle East … Revolution … …
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror

… the war on terror. Jeffrey Mankoff is a writer for the History News Service and a doctoral student in history and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  jmankoff@yahoo.com . … Jeffery Mankoff … History News Service … Military/War/Peace … Terrorism … …
President George W. Bush with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley in 2006.

Is Iraq Vietnam?

… options. David Kaiser is the Stanley Kaplan Professor of History and Leadership Studies at Williams College, and the … Origins of the Vietnam War" (2000). He is a writer for the History News Service. … David Kaiser … History News Service … Middle East … Iraq … …
A map showing China and the United States

Another Cold War? China This Time?

… and policymakers would do well to recall some of this history when dealing with China. So then should we bow to … Chinese dragons. Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the … Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. … Henry Butterfield Ryan … History News Service … Cold War … East Asia & Southeast Asia …
A homeless man outside the outside the United Nations building in New York with the American flag in the background.

A New Abolition Movement — Against Poverty

… professor, is author of "The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism" (2010). … Joyce Appleby … History News Service … United States … Class & Labor … …
Stamp of Salvador Allende, the former Chilean president overthrown in 1973.

Regime Change: New Name, Dangerous Old Policy

… demand great staying power. Nothing in our regime-change history indicates that we possess that. In fact, we have … to the world. Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the … Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. … Henry Butterfield Ryan … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Cold War … …
A photo of Al Gore I\in Manchester, New Hampshire, campaigning for President of the United States in 1999

The Case of the Disappearing Vice President

… “gracious” exit speech, and then swept him off the stage of history. The New York Times’s Thomas Friedman is typical. He … at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … Ira Chernus … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …
A wood engraving of President Woodrow Wilson from 1918.

The Osama bin Laden of 1916

… bin Laden. Donald R. Shaffer teaches 19th-century U.S. history at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, and he is a writer for the History News Service. … Donald R. Shaffer … History News Service … United States … Mexico … South & …
President George W. Bush and his wife Laura listening to a Missouri elementary student read aloud to them.

Can Bush Avoid the Curse of Re-election?

… second term. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … Tragedy of Indian Assimilation." … William C. Kashatus … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … Can …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

A European Future for NATO?

… for the future. Carolyne V. Davidson is a writer for the History News Service and a Ph.D. candidate in history at Yale University. Her dissertation is entitled, … States and NATO, 1958-1970." … Carolyne V. Davidson … History News Service … Europe … Atlantic … International …
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… Bird as our First Lady. Catherine Allgor, a writer for the History News Service, is a professor of history and a Presidential Chair at the University of … of the American Nation" (2006). … Catherine Allgor … History News Service … Democracy/Elections/Voting Rights … …
President George W. Bush

Propaganda: Necessary but Difficult

… struggle. Allan M. Winkler is Distinguished Professor of History at Miami University, Ohio, and a writer for the History News Service. … Allan M. Winkler … History News Service … United States … Terrorism … 20th …
map of Yugoslavia

What Victory in Yugoslavia May Mean for Future Wars

… towards inhumanity in war. Daniel Szechi is a professor of history at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. … Daniel Szechi … History News Service … Europe … Former Yugoslavia … …
The flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Critique of NATO’s Expansion

… War III. Robert H. Whealey is an associate professor of history at Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) and a writer for the History News Service. … Robert H. Whealy … History News Service … Europe … Economics/Business/Trade … …
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, United States President George W. Bush, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after reading statement to the press during the closing moments of the Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan, June 4, 2003.

A Flawed Basis for Middle East Peace

… flawed agreement. Dr. Jonathan Goldstein is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton and a writer for the History News Service. … Jonathan Goldstein … History News Service … Middle East … Israel … Palestine … …
A KFC in Hanoi, Vietnam

Kentucky Fried Globalization

… branches was based in Taiwan, not Seattle, and local guidebooks in Shanghai classified these outlets as … of globalization. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New …
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.

Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?

… Appleby, UCLA emerita professor, is co-director of the History News Service and author of “The Relentless Revolution: A History of Capitalism,” forthcoming this fall. … Joyce Appleby … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …
Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria.

Contradictions in Atomic Agency’s Mandate

… Gabrielle Hecht is an associate professor, Department of History, University of Michigan, and writes for the History News Service. … Gabrielle Hecht … History News Service … Iran … Middle East … International …
Firefighters working on the San Diego wildfires in 2007.

San Diego’s Natural Disaster Wasn’t Entirely Natural

… Colin Fisher is an associate professor of environmental history at the University of San Diego and a writer for the History News Service. … Colin Fisher … History News Service … United States … Environment … Climate …
Heads of delegations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), which led to the signing of the Paris Agreement.

Looking for a Common Language at Copenhagen

… of The Atlantic Century (2009) and is a writer for the History News Service. … Kenneth Weisbrode … History News Service … Global/Transnational … International …
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.

What’s a Convention For, Any More?

… conventions unfold. Robert David Johnson is a professor of history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He … American Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. … Robert David Johnson … History News Service … United States … U.S. Politics … …