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…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: A History of Contingency and Happenstance
Review of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, by Mary Elise Sarotte New York: Basic Books, 2014.
… socialism—and, more importantly, between peoples of shared nationality—became irrevocably porous. But the events of … GDR under close scrutiny from the Western powers and the Soviet Union—whose guarantee of East German compliance also meant …
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: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan, signed into law by President Harry Truman on April 3, 1948, was intended to revive the economies of war-torn Western Europe.
… Western Europe. … Ryan Metz … Europe … Diplomacy/International Relations … Cold War … World War II / WWII … United States … Soviet Union … The Marshall Plan …
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 …
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.
The October Revolution in Russia
Bolshevik Red Guards took control of the Russian capital from the provisional government October 1917.
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 …
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
The date, October 23, 1956, marked the beginning of the ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States.
… Europe and the United States. … Harrison King … Europe … Soviet Union … Cold War … Hungary … Revolution … The 1956 Hungarian …
The Tunguska Mystery Explosion
On June 30, 1908, a massive mysterious explosion of a cosmic body shook the skies of Tunguska (in Siberia), on a date that would come to be known as International Asteroid Day.
… (in Siberia), on a date that would come to be known as International Asteroid Day. But was it an asteroid? Andy Bruno … Outer Space/Universe … Environment … Science & Technology … Soviet Union … The Tunguska Mystery Explosion …
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 …
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.
