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General Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem on December 11, 1917. Allenby dismounted as a sign of respect for the holy city.

The Collapse of Ottoman Power

Review of The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, by Eugene Rogan (New York: Basic Books, 2015)
… Mediterranean division of the German Imperial Navy—opened fire on a Russian gunboat and a mine-laying vessel. The …
Grover Cleveland, painted by Anders Zorn in 1899

The Politics of Civility

… beginning of the republic, political criticism trained its fire on the private character of elected officials. During …
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.

The Draft — for Democracy

… found themselves slogging through an Asian jungle under fire. Young men with political connections, such as George …

Aerial Torpedoes, Buzz Bombs, and Predators: The Long Cultural History of Drones

… inhuman depravity portending society’s doom, mechanical misfires that are both ineffective and humorous, and … out his dire scenarios. His prediction of aerial torpedoes fired from Germany or France into population centers proved … wrought by German robots, the Allies were already fighting fire with fire. The U.S. Army Air Force’s “War Weary Bomber” …
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, by Donald Critchlow Book Cover.

Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade

Review of Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, by Donald Critchlow (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005)
Firebrand: Phyllis Schlafly and the conservative revolution http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/11/07/firebrand The Book on Phyllis Schlafly …
Hiroshima after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.

Terrorism: A New Kind of War?

… the “Black Hand,” a group of Serbian ultra-nationalists, fired the opening shot of World War I on June 28, 1914, when …
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.

How to Intervene and Get Out

… later, tens of thousands more joined them. That unmatchable firepower put a stop to any resistance that might have …
Group of women protesting against the ERA with signs: "Stop the web of deception," "ERA means Amy register for the draft at 18," "Maternity ward - persons only"

Mom and Apple Pie (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 6)

… of fulfillment in domesticity, as a housewife after being fired during her second pregnancy, which inspired her to … gain with the ERA. Schlafly’s newsletter spread like wildfire, resonating with the other first generation suburban …