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… in the quality of American presidential leadership than comparison of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban … succeeded, Bush has failed. To avert nuclear exchanges, JFK compromised and limited their likelihood. To eliminate … an independent historian and a writer for the History News Service. …

… on the Supreme Court, appears before the Senate judiciary committee. Obama raised the subject when he identified “that … with people’s hopes and struggles, as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes.” … celebrated that same virtue at a ceremony honoring the service of retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.   Nixon and …

… in Iran (1953), Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala (1954), Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam (1963) and Salvador Allende in Chile (1973). … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In … Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the Institute for the …

… and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons … drinking habit. In 1970, two legal scholars wrote a comparison of alcohol and marijuana law that I believe still … whatever laws they saw fit to curtail it. This turnaround coincided with the apex of the temperance movement, which in …

… thus passed into the language to refer to someone with no competence or apparent purpose. It turns out, however, that … qualified to direct foreign policy if the president dies and to continue the basic policies in the next election … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… of electric power, also used oil to fuel the ever longer commute to work at jobs that the electric power industry and … doing things differently, California created a new energy commission that followed the advice of energy guru Amory … Modern California" (1997) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … in early 1815, might also have been avoided with faster communications. The battle took place two weeks after … impressment of American seamen and raids on American commerce seemed a dire threat to the young nation’s …

… Pirates seem to have suddenly become popular in early modern history. Recently,  titles such … we even have the Islamic Ottoman Imperial government complaining to various Christian governments about their … European politics. During the sixteenth century, the medieval crusading ideal was still alive and well as policy …

… to which men will go to take it away from them, and to the complicated politics of one’s immortal soul. Director Josie … religious houses, and declaring Catholicism illegal. Marie died during this revolt, leaving Mary’s illegitimate … of Mary. Elizabeth seems obsessed with her own vanity as compared to Mary but comes to learn that beauty does not …

… nation, Bavaria appointed Gustav Ritter von Kahr as State Commissioner General ( Generalstaatskommissar ), granting … organizations. Lossow joined in alliance with Kahr and the commander of the Bavarian police, Hans von Seisser, to form … that it would join ranks with the paramilitary—bringing its command over the Bavarian military and police with them—and …

… the inspectors were too few and too weakly supported to overcome Iraqi resistance. But even if the inspections had … through alliance and diplomacy. There are two principal components to creating a WMD-averse environment, both … of Hawai'i at Hilo, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… or geography. The problem, of course, is that presidents do die. Thirty-seven men have been elected president, and eight … and funding for the arts. These three men were all accomplished politicians, nationally well known before being … World War II. Johnson too was a senator, with six years’ service as Senate majority leader. Americans were used to …

… procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … anesthetized or not. A prisoner could be unable to move and communicate but still be conscious during an agonizing … at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… would burn in hell for inviting gays to attend Sunday services in his church.  While Falwell was meeting with gays … protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse … today. Stephen A. Allen is a doctoral candidate in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and a …

… half of the appraised value of the Planter , now in federal service, be divided among Smalls and the other Black crew … the state of Confederate fortifications there. Union Naval commanders acted quickly and successfully on this … the Planter , making him one of the highest paid Black soldiers of the war. His reputation was further burnished …

… South Vietnam’s governments also had serious problems. The Diem regime (1954-63) wanted to defeat or at least contain the Viet Cong but could not rally non-Communist South Vietnamese behind it, prompting the United … Vietnam War" (2000). He is a writer for the History News Service. …

… it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the … hot June afternoon, the coolness of the tomb is welcome relief from the Shaanxi sun. Murals inside the … began on what was to be the largest shopping mall complex in Xi’an. During initial excavation, however, …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of opium … to prioritize anti-drug trafficking laws as an important component of their activities. In his aptly named Opium’s … It was only in response to transnational pressure from bodies such as SSOT that the British government set up a Royal …

… Spend a few minutes browsing news websites or blogs and you will see a barrage of infographics … Johann Georg Kohl, cartographer and geographer, to come to the United States where he worked for the Coast … of how and why this demand flourished. There is a companion website to the book, www.mappingthenation.com , …

… weapons. A breakthrough on this critical issue could come as part of an overall commitment toward deeper, verifiable nuclear arms cuts. Such a commitment could also be aided by the Comprehensive Nuclear … History News Service …

… it. Halfway through his first term, he secretly decided to complete American troop withdrawals around election time. … off final withdrawal. If Bush follows the Nixon game plan completely, next year he will launch a big bombing campaign … edu , and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … has produced a devilish conundrum. President Bush has given Commander-in-Chief Bush unlimited wartime authority. But the … by acts of Congress. The Founding Fathers, who always come to mind when the Constitution is in danger, anticipated …