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… to remain an unsettled and unsettling question. In years to come, hundreds of articles and books will flow from the pens … was ultimately declared the winner over Samuel J. Tilden. One of the first actions the 107th Congress should take is … John F. Kennedy. That body of independent scholars — none of whom had a particular ax to grind — was able to put …

… In societies that have undergone major political transformations—away from systems of … the past. Hennie van Vuuren’s new book, Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit , serves as a warning to South … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning …

… mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in … From the torture he endured during his years as a prisoner of war to his more recent battles against malignant … consequences.   But even tireless fighters are forced, sooner or later, to limit the number and intensity of their …

… (1994) Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) began developing computer games in 1979, but only established itself as a … 3. Battlefield 1 (2016) Battlefield 1 conveys the tone and historical context of the First World War well. The … Productions set out to tell a moving story and to craft one of the most innovative World War II FPS gamers had ever …

… were right-wing ideologues who cynically utilized fears of communism to crush opposition to their tyrannical regimes. … the records of men like P.W. Botha and Augusto Pinochet. One example of the revelatory capacity of these bodies will … murders. Many of those men will be alive for many years. One of the goals of any closed society is to prevent the …

… Congress in Adelaide, Australia. Musk spoke about his company's plans for interplanetary travel and his belief in … as a multi-planet species . His proposed first stop: Mars—sooner and cheaper than might be expected. In front of the … and host to a bevy of robotic spacecraft that have gone before, Mars is a popular destination among those who …

… them and Euro-Americans saying “Indian polities used commercial and military leverage to shape these … gift diplomacy to sway Native peoples towards or against one side during periods of conflict. Likewise, Indians used … or unwilling to participate in the arms race were the first ones to be overpowered by their rivals or by Euro-American …

… little gestures of bonhomie that were expected of them. Nonetheless, with ugly anti-American protests in Paris and … French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … had erupted there. What they found was a good old-fashioned drunken brawl between the city’s leading French and …

… the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The comparison is appropriate. In both cases an attack without … blunt objects. Present-day Americans need to keep in mind one crucial lesson in their discussions of Osama bin Laden … his legend. By making Osama bin Laden Villain Number One, the U.S. media may merely enhance his reputation among …

… demonstrated, not for the first time, that Attlee’s opponents had greatly underestimated him. Out of the … – the Labour Party emerged from the 1945 election with a commanding majority in the House of Commons – Attlee achieved what no other Labour leader had done before. For the first time in history, the United …

… in 2003. Mars, the red planet so close to Earth, has become a tantalizing target for humans to visit. Noted space … today, we mostly hear about two rovers that trawl small zones of the planet: the Opportunity rover that exceeded a … below. Strange features were popping up above the dust in one area. When the dust began to recede, to scientists' …

… shot and killed the archduke and heir to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie, at point-blank … of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along what would become the great Western Front, a series of trenches extending … four years of slaughter unprecedented in human history. No one in the emotional days surrounding the initial terrorist …

… Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … growing up in the Midwest and Great Plains. Chapter One describes how rural children lived “premodern” lives … the rise of the playground as the first adult-sanctioned safe haven for children (64). Chapter Three explores …

… for as many as 300 million deaths in the 20th century alone. On May 8, 1980, smallpox played another momentous role … was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … had to be sure there were no lingering cases. It found none.  On October 26, 1979, two years to the day after …

… a test of how well the United States, and the international community could create institutions of governance after the … crimes tribunals were created: for Rwanda (1994), Sierra Leone (2002), and Cambodia (2003). While the specific … to Hell" describes his travels through atrocity zones around the world and his meeting with the victims of …

… inventing new “nukes” and new ways to deliver them. He felt compelled to build almost all of them, lest the Russians get … plan, and his summit meetings with Khrushchev all had one goal in mind: to convince the allies that the … against the Europeans. Will our laser-ray satellites one day be competing against the Europeans, too? An Ike-like …

… 1946-1948, around 1,500 people in Guatemala—including prisoners, soldiers, prostitutes, psychiatric patients, and … and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (which would later become the Pan American Health Organization) financed and … were unable artificially to provoke infection in the prisoners. Backed by the U.S. government’s need to control VD in …

… The early version was small (around 30 clerics) and comprised only of “cardinal priests” who served parishes … pope and “anti-pope” pair.  As we all know, not everyone accepts the outcome of an election, including the popes. … men spread salacious (mis?)information about their opponent, including that he had solicited bribes, sold church …

… united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … “peacock people” due to Melek Taus, the “Peacock Angel,” one of the central figures in their faith. While … extensively about their life and customs, though he erroneously contended that the Yazidi faith was a heretical …

… investigating reports of UFOs. To this end it instituted a comprehensive study of UFOs.  This study, known as Project … it found that UFO sightings stemmed from “one or more of three causes”: mass hysteria, hoax, or … “misinterpretation of known objects.”  Nevertheless, it recommended continued investigation of all sightings.  Project …

… was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel Comics’ dynamic duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the … Wakanda. It was not just a “greedy ivory hunter,” but someone much more dangerous. The evil Ulysses Klaw sought out vibranium as “the one element I need—the one element which will power” his …

… and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating … which meant that they owed allegiance to Rome alone. Yet they also stood in close physical proximity to the … dozens of assorted political figures who worked with one another through an ever-shifting web of tenuous …

… Mugabe has dominated Zimbabwean politics since 1980, having come to power on a wave of popular support developed during … women. As the women explain, however, little "has been done …to ensure there is a secure environment for people to … and the high political machinations of Mugabe and his opponents, women activists have rarely received the sort of …