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… scandal-ridden. Sadly for former President Gerald Ford, who died Tuesday evening, his well-deserved vindication will probably never come. Thrust into a difficult situation — one he handled … actions. Ending slavery, declaring a bank holiday, speaking softly and carrying a big stick, staring down Nikita …

… of World War I” addresses the long-term effects of WWI on society. This two-day lesson plan uses the article as a foundation for facts and … examine the results of WWI based on secondary and primary sources. The lessons ask the essential question, “What is …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … historians alike to share their ideas, the Public History Commons ! The Public His tory Commons is a project of the … interpretation of history in public can share ideas and resources.” The site was launched in March 2012 and continues …

… in American history. Burr fatally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed …

… our thoughts in permanent symbolic form outside of our bodies via Venus figures, body paint markings and cave … of the mind." [Book description from the publisher's website .] …

… Pakistan and Israel). And a ninth (North Korea) might have some as well.Now that it’s acknowledged by all but hardcore … holocaust in which hundreds of millions of people would die horribly. Even the much smaller nuclear arsenals of the … Treaties (START I, in 1991 and START II, in 1993), and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, in 1996). These …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … Online highlights an award-winning podcast that brings audiences in touch with the wide world of history. History Hit … historians and experts in their field. The energetic personality behind this award winning podcast is British …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the United States asked some hard questions about its lack of preparedness and held … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… anniversary of the birth of W. E. B. Du Bois. Although he died more than 50 years ago, his life and work command more attention now than ever before. Many of his concerns, in some instances over a hundred years old, remain vital issues …

… can bring democracy to Iraq, just as they did to nations in Europe and Asia in the years following World War II. But we … remain determined, said Bush; if we waiver, Iraq will become another Vietnam. No one should be surprised that Bush … in the departments of history and interdisciplinary studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a …

… Is it a technological godsend? Is the internet the ultimate solution to problems of (pick one, or pick many) communication, commerce, travel, learning, teaching, thinking? Much of the …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that–much like Origins –seek to bring history into … garage sales, and the 40-hour work week. In fact, Episode #3, Political Parties features  Marc Horger's Origins …

… a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have been told; the gunshots … already made my way back through the gate of the archive complex. A security guard gave me a glass of water and asked …

… the reinstatement of political control via revolutionary committees supported by the military. The Cultural … movement, aiming not only at political upheaval but also the transformation of social and cultural life through … October 1976. The resolution acknowledged the period’s tragedies and called them mistakes, laying blame at the feet of …

… claim being made lately about the ever-advancing Computer Age. After all, cyber-data is easier to store, … may help us guess what’s ahead. In 15th-century Europe, the printing press affected book production in ways … word. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a …

… you can approach it as anything other than a victory. It solved America's race problem." I smiled gently and waited … G.I. Bill. While white ethnics from eastern and southern Europe experienced a revolutionary transformation in their … When Affirmative Action Was White concludes with the recommendation that contemporary American policymakers deal …

… Christians by stampeding to the shopping mall. It’s also a chance for purists to ruin the fun by insisting that … been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … main icon. Enter the Jews. Around 1900, millions of eastern European Jews came to the United States, congregating in …

… Roosevelt family. Covering the years 1858 to 1962, the episodes follow the politics of the era through three … we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … focusing on his empathy for the suffering of others. Burns points to FDR’s creation of the Warm Springs resort for …

… of Kansas, are seeking to ease pesticide regulations; some are even questioning the Environmental Protection … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… and Managing Editor of Picturing Black History Damarius Johnson | Ph.D. student History, Ohio State, and Associate Editor of Picturing Black History James Morgan | … say anything about black internationalism, particularly in Europe, in London, I'd like to explore that as well.  …

… is not quite as large as Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. It is also the second-most densely populated … or China has had in five decades or more. The question also points to the equally substantial continuities in Taiwanese … and a Leninist party structure in 1924 (the year before Sun died), the KMT under Chiang Kai-shek's leadership ran a …

… individuals struggling with long-term alcoholism, Bill Wilson, a New York stock speculator, and Dr. Bob Smith, an … Jung.  Jung suggested that alcoholism might only be overcome through a profound spiritual experience. Following … the Twelve Traditions of AA.  His article “Twelve Suggested Points for A. A. Tradition” appeared in AA’s monthly …

… war filled with ironies and unintended consequences. It’s also a war that’s hard to fit into the nation’s triumphalist … one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … closing phase of the global conflict that had raged across Europe and the world’s oceans since 1793. The United States, …