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Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs

The Bataan Death March

… at the outset of the Bataan Death March. (Photo from National Guard) The troops immediately went on half rations; … march with their hands tied behind their backs. (Photo from National Archives) Japanese cultural attitudes made matters … carry comrades too weak to walk along the road. (Photo from National Archives) The news of the “Death March” eventually …

Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… in Toronto, which was then one of several cities internationally caught in the grip of a frightening new … three levels of prevention were used: first, an international surveillance system at the global level; second, a … of a growing movement of vaccine refusal? In the European Union, some accused the WHO of declaring a pandemic to line …
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which was constructed by the Umayyads in the 8th century.

Islamic Imperialism: A History

Review of Islamic Imperialism: A History, by Efraim Karsh (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2006)
… Nasser skillfully blended the competing demands of Egyptian nationalism and pan-Arabism. Egypt was portrayed as the … of the United Arab Republic in 1958, a nominal political union between Egypt and Syria, was Nasser's high-water mark. …
Cover of Famine: A Short History by Cormac Ó Gráda.

Famine: A Short History

Review of Famine: A Short History, by Cormac O Grada (Princeton University Press, 2009)
… for famine relief, including Venezuela in 1912, the Soviet Union in 1921, and Western Europe after World War II, though … of nutrition and medicine, the growing number of international famine relief organizations, falling food storage …

Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity

… than ever before. Then Francis rapidly emerged as an international media star. His down-to-earth style, which included … serves as the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the United … Jesus, with whom the Son of God came into some kind of union. But this position offended even many ordinary …
Motorcycle and sidecar with an advertisement for the Popolo d'Italia newspaper.

A Media King Becomes Prime Minister (Again)

… establishment and participate effectively in the European Union. When the “clean hands” magistrates investigated … were subsidized by patrons abroad, including both the Soviet Union and the United States and rake-offs from private …

What's All Happening at the Zoo?

… to the zoo’s lions. This story reverberated through international news. Zoo spokespeople told the world that the … boy sat between his legs. Harambe’s death sparked an international controversy. Some blamed the incident on the boy’s … the noise, pollution, and bustle of the city, and with a nationalizing experience. As citizens strolled through a …
A dry ice bomb mid-explosion.

It’s Not How to Make a Bomb That’s the Problem, But Why

… on London’s public transport. In 1883, Irish-American nationalists made two attempts to set off clockwork dynamite … for the United Irishmen and the Clan-na-Gael, two Irish nationalist groups operating in the United States in the … Service. … Ann Larabee … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Terrorism … Internet … United Kingdom … It’s Not …
Close-up of the mural commemorating works of A.J. Muste on the War Resisters League Building in New York, New York.

"There Is No Way to Peace, Peace Is the Way": A.J. Muste and American Radical Pacifism

Review of American Gandhi: A.J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century, by Leilah Danielson (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014)
… itself to racist capitalism and surrendered to militaristic nationalism. By 1936, Muste left the labor movement behind … Party that was just as eager as the Republicans to build a national security state with an endless reach. America had …
Chris Anderson asks: "Will you run again?" Gore replies, "Ohh, you aren't going to get me on this one!"

But Gore Did Help Invent the Internet

… over a billion dollars to connecting computers into national networks linking universities, schools, and other … mid-1990s. In sponsoring his 1991 bill, Gore envisioned a national network that would "provide for teleconferencing, … and vice president was more important:  promoting a national policy to transfer defense-funded computer research …
Depiction of General Scott capturing Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.

Getting Away from the “Quagmire” Cliché

… It pitted Americans and South Vietnamese against the Soviet-supported North Vietnamese and their Vietcong … … John C. Pinhiero … History News Service … Global/Transnational … South & Central America … Mexico … …
2011 protest in New Jersey by Garden State Equality in support of same-sex marriage and against deportation of LGBT spouses.

Voting Away Others’ Rights

… heterosexual and homosexual couples the option of civil unions. In Arkansas, voters decided that gay and lesbian …
Portrait of Jimmy Carter from 1979.

The Nobel Committee Speaks to America

… with the corrupt bank of Credit and Commerce International in the late 1980s has been long left behind. There … of history for world civilizations, human rights and international law at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, … New York. … Itai Sneh … History News Service … Global/Transnational … International Organizations … Military/War/Peace …
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror

… Iraq was mainly an economic calculation. The Russian (and Soviet) governments had invested billions of dollars in … Service … Military/War/Peace … Terrorism … Diplomacy/International Relations … Russia … Middle East … Restoring …
J.P. Morgan

Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation

… trend has left ever more complex financial markets and multinationals to operate in barely regulated risky gray areas. … of active governance: Socialist Eugene Debs argued for the nationalization of industry in the interest of labor. …