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Book Cover of For Peace and Money French and British Finance in the Service of Tsars and Commissars By: Jennifer Siegel

12/15/2014: Hot off the Presses: Peace, Money, and Tsars

… and government loans to Russia, making it the foremost international debtor country in pre-World War I Europe. To … the Anglo-French relationship, and, ultimately, on international relations in the twentieth century, was grim and … ] … Connecting History … Europe … Russia … Diplomacy/International Relations … Economics/Business/Trade … 12/15/2014: …
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1562 painting "The Triumph of Death" depicts the turmoil Europe experienced as a result of the plague.

The Black Death and its Aftermath

… It also set the stage for the rise of stronger national identities and ultimately for the Reformation that … the 1721 plague outbreak in Marseille. As with the rise of national universities, the building of quarantine structures … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …
Turkish soldiers standing over skeletal remains during Armenian Genocide

Armenians, Turks, and the Genocide Question

… in 1923, with its aggressive focus on secular Turkish nationalism. The Armenians, meanwhile, have long called for … the complexities of the label genocide in history and international law. So stay tuned.   Dr. Ronald Grigor Suny   I'm … Convention from 2006". And I've been involved in some international litigation in relation to genocide.   Leticia …
Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718 depicting the battle between Blackbeard and Robert Maynard in Ocracoke Bay; romanticized depiction by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris from 1920.

Why Piracy Remains a Threat

… The anti-militarism of the 1780s gave way to a more nationalistic spirit, but as a concession to older attitudes … really state-sanctioned privateers whose profits went into national treasuries. Because Somalian pirates are not …
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 …
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. …
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 …
The Fire of Rome, 18 July 64 AD, Oil on Canvas, Robert Hubert, 1785. In the Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux; Le Havre, France.

The Great Fire of Rome

… The Great Fire is an unquestionably important event in international history. For hundreds of years, it has signified 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 …