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A Soviet Soldier Waves the Red Banner

Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe

In August 1942, the most famous battle of the Second World War began.
… the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad between the Nazi and Soviet armies. Over 1.8 million became casualties. More Soviet soldiers died in the five-month battle than Americans … War began. … Ian Johnson … World War II / WWII … Soviet Union … Military/War/Peace … Germany … Europe … Stalingrad: …
Emergency servicemen and volunteers remove rubble and demine territory after Russian shelling, Kyiv, Oblast, 2022.

Ukrainian Architecture at War

… of Ukrainian architects, there is a growing international recognition and appreciation for Ukrainian … buildings built by Ukrainian architects during the Soviet era. For example, the impressive Derzhprom building … Military/War/Peace … Architecture/Monuments … Former Soviet Union … Ukrainian Architecture at War …
Seal of the University of California.

How Does a Nation Protect Itself in Wartime?

… mail, magazines and movies. In 1917, Wilson authorized the National Guard to protect dams, bridges, trains, telephone … Bush halted air traffic briefly and announced that the National Guard will provide additional airport security. But federal buildings, national monuments and much of the nation’s infrastructure …
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.

When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation

… And just as President Bush seeks an anti-terrorist international coalition today, so there were international alliances against U.S. filibusters in the 1850s. … just the opposite was true. It was hardly in the national interest to foster filibustering, which brought the …
U.S. National Archives building

New Laws Needed to Stop Bullying of National Archives

… portions that he donated to libraries administered by the National Archives. Archivists often waited for controversies … to block disclosures from their files. She said the National Archives has the final say on what is opened from … Those laws permit a former President to review what the National Archives proposes to open and to file claims …
The theatrical poster for Birth of a Nation.

3/25/2015: At the Movies: "Birth of a Nation" After 100 Years

… considerable electoral success at the local, state and even national levels. In the book and movie, however, black … while “helpless whites look on,” frozen in horror. Even Union soldiers in the film are shown recognizing the threat …
Allen Weinstein

Will They Be the National (Secret) Archives?

… Allen Weinstein. Weinstein is author of two books on Soviet espionage in the United States and until recently … battle over White House secrecy, this time focused on the National Archives. Most people know the National Archives … release to other scholars his interviews and his copies of Soviet espionage documents. That violates the American …
Pioneers Palace in Kiev, Ukraine

Ukrainian Architecture at War

Architecture is a way of understanding the world: recording its history, sharing its culture, and connecting with people.
… Art … Military/War/Peace … Architecture/Monuments … Former Soviet Union … Ukrainian Architecture at War …
a man kneeling down near tributes to fallen heroes

Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan

Emily Channell-Justice explores the goals and lived experiences of Ukraine’s watershed Euromaidan protests of 2013-14.
… Ukraine … Revolution … Military/War/Peace … Europe … Former Soviet Union … Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan …
1917 Socialist-Realist worker image

The October Revolution in Russia

Bolshevik Red Guards took control of the Russian capital from the provisional government October 1917.
… L. Hoffmann … Europe … Class & Labor … World War I / WWI … Soviet Union … Revolution … The October Revolution in Russia …
In this 1919 caricature, Ukrainians are surrounded by a Bolshevik (to the north, man with hat and red star), a Russian White Army soldier (to the east, with Russian eagle flag and a short whip), and to the west a Polish soldier, a Hungarian (in pink uniform) and two Romanian soldiers. Wikimedia Commons  https://theconversation.com/ukraine-as-a-borderland-a-brief-history-of-ukraines-place-between-europe-and-russia-178168

Ukraine in War and Revolution

The decade of war and revolution between 1914 and 1924 is critical for understanding both Russian and Ukrainian statehood up to the present day.

Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… the tepee to listen to their concerns even as the official national celebrations commemorating that history—which had … Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2008-2015), and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women … foreign nations, no standing army, no national flag or anthem, and no power to amend its own constitution. An 1884 …
Wrangell-St Elias Natl Park by CheWei Chang, Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0

America’s National Parks: 10 Moments of Insight

When you “pair the intellect with emotion and place,” what often results is a moment of insight: an unexpected instance where you suddenly understand something deeper about history, about nature, about others, about yourself.
… us bring different sets of values and expectations to our national park experiences.  (Author’s Note, November 2023: … central role in creating the Gateway Arch at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  In 2018, the Memorial was redesignated as Gateway Arch National  Park .  As part of the relaunch, the park’s …
The Lorraine Motel

Putting Race on Display: The National Civil Rights Museum

… Shaw and Hasan Jeffries about their work renovating the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis . “It really is a … the finishing touches were completed on the redesign of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Its … collection held there. Moreover, the reopening had garnered national attention and acclaim.   Patrick Potyondy   …
Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan posing for a photograph in the White House Library.

The American “Nation Building” Mission and Russia

… up in a helicopter over southern California to show the Soviet leader the homes, cars and swimming pools of American … States … Russia … Economics/Business/Trade … Diplomacy/International Relations … The American “Nation Building” Mission …

Trade Wars: The Collapse of America's Free Trade Consensus

… appreciated the jobs, goods, and prosperity brought by international trade. But today that consensus appears to have … but demanded their expansion. In his 1958 State of the Union address, Eisenhower declared that free trade was “both … effectively against the business giants of the European Union and Japan . Mexican President Carlos Salinas de …

The UN, the WHO, and the Future of U.S. Diplomacy

… also reflected a polarizing approach to American internationalism that remains popular with a large segment of the … of the "big four," the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China are in the top row, while the other allies …

Treaties and Sovereign Performances, from Westphalia to Standing Rock

… dramatic demonstration against the project, drawing international attention and support. Thousands of “water … ascribed sovereignty to Indian nations. In international law, sovereignty first emerged as the defining … sided with the Confederacy in the Civil War, the victorious Union obliged them in their peace treaties to emancipate …
Banksy mural of worker chipping star off EU flag

Brexit: Dividing the United Kingdom

… the entire world—by voting to leave the European Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome … at The Ohio State University where he specializes in international trade policy. We're so happy to have you joining us … Union in 2004 to include all the countries that the former Soviet or many of the countries of the former Soviet Bloc …
European Union flag

The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… , and Chris Otter to discuss the history of the European Union, an organization that has united Europeans in ways … Donald Hempson   I'm Don Hempson, Director of the International Operations for the College of Engineering here at … states that had been trapped behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet dominated Eastern Europe, for the latter half of the …
Ukrainian refugees board a train in Lviv, February 2022.

West Ukraine’s War Stories: A New Chapter?

… battle in World War I and where Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union embarked on their plans to divide and conquer Europe .  Beyond its international significance, this region has also been central to …
Amish schoolhouse in 1941 Pennsylvania.

1/13/2015: Top Ten Origins: The Common Core Curriculum

… spectrum. For the left, represented largely by teachers’ unions, Common Core is an attempt to take away workplace … Wary of reactionary forces against federal intrusion, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and … shared collective anxieties about falling behind the Soviet Union in the Space Race. Fear over international
Women’s rights activists in New Zealand

One Hundred Years of National Women's Suffrage in New Zealand

… MILESTONES One Hundred Years of National • Women's Suffrage 1n New Zealand September 19th, … country :in world history to grant women suffrage on a national level. It was a time of great hope for the women … candidate" became the first country in the world to grant national female suffrage and the only country to do so …