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… role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with “democratic movements in Latin America [in the … for corruption and the rise of oligarchs . Armenian soldiers in Karabakh in 1994 using Russian AK-74 assault …

… with Christian missionaries following the arrival of oil companies in the early 20th century. The article continues … and Iraqi governments. For this lesson, students will complete a document-based question activity in small groups. … assess their learning with a check for understanding. Once completed with the assessment, the students will continue …

… delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … fall under the law, or are statements to a broad public audience grounds for prosecution? What exactly is a “warped … just ethnic chauvinism, to argue for Russia’s singular and superior culture. Ivan Kireevskii (1806-1856), the most …

… Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … of newspapers, periodicals, television programs, films, websites, and published works to tell her story, but she … War Two. Fear is also a significant topic in cultural studies, sociology, and psychology. For the historian of modern …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated … Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a professor of performance studies at New York University, who was appointed to as the … flourished for centuries and that it did not completely die after 1945. The Museum is part of the larger, historical …

… of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … monstrous infamy that is antisemitism. But it is useless, completely useless.” However, Lipstadt stops short of … of the world. In L.A. Story (1991), he critiques the superficial nature of Los Angeles by invoking a wide array …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … the section is to show what historians do. The page aims to combat the tendency to use history as "a tool to advance … . You can find contributions to Made by History on their website and learn about the project on their welcome page . …

… that conferred upon whites a perverse sense of social superiority. The racial line might be crossed when lust came … husband when he was nine) declared that her son “may have committed a sin, but never committed a crime,” she unknowingly evoked the flexible …

… Ehrlich predicted that hundreds of millions of people would die in a global famine in the 1970s unless the rise in human … visions of Malthus, Ehrlich, and other doomsayers have not come to pass.  Drawing on a rich variety of government … organizations, anthropological and archaeological studies, medical histories, philosophical writings, oral …

… religious aura of rivers enhanced the status of riverine communities” (31). Rivers were ascribed human qualities and … the “cleansing force of running water” and this was “combined with [the] recognition of aquatic healing power … lamented for their destruction. The study of Roman rivers comes with difficulties, however. There are only so many …

… this new generation of Israeli scholars. This controversy – combined with his scholarship, popular writings, and … the war, ethnic cleansing became a matter of military expediency according to Morris. Morris thus disagrees with his … preceding pages. In addition to the arguments regarding the comparative military advantages of the Jewish population …

… policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear weapons are sure to come up, especially Iran’s ambitions for the bomb. But the … to end testing first. As Reagan wrote at the time, “I am committed to the ultimate attainment of a total ban on … an improved science of nuclear-test detection that is far superior to what existed at the time of Reykjavik. For …

… seemed to me, foreshadows what the United States would become more than the Puritan outpost of Boston. After all, … Winthrop Fleet, which was funded by the  Massachusetts  Bay Company, came ashore in 1630. Ditto across the 19th century, … Mind , Miller took Puritanism seriously as a set of ideas—complicated, complex, and in many ways distant from us …

… they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution … Hamilton never became president; his clause essentially died with him when he was shot in a duel in 1803. But the … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… When Al Gore allegedly claimed he invented the Internet, comedians, political  pundits and Republicans had a field … optic network, along with the servers, software and other components of what became the Internet, didn't differ from … the federal government a catalyst for the "information superhighway." While only the 1991 High Performance …

… been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … assimilate into the prevailing Hellenistic culture — has become “the Jewish Christmas.” How did this happen? And is it good for the Jews? The story begins with the commercialization of Christmas, which emerged as the major …

… future political ambitions, work behind the scenes, and become an extension of his president. Ryan’s power will be …

… believed, the U.S. military services had to become flexible and mobile enough to meet smaller and more … has been slow to see how pervasive that intrusion has become. Although his belated recognition has impaired his … centuries. It is believed in Army circles that only a soldier on the ground can take and hold land. High technology …

… standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the … one is hard pressed to think of another politician who combines self-indulgence with sanctimoniousness in such … took a particular kind of moral and political courage.   By comparison, Joe Wilson’s outburst seems pretty timid. …

… When Idi Amin, commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in Uganda on 25 … seizure of power by a supposedly apolitical professional soldier. However, neither patriotism nor altruism motivated … appallingly clear. He carried out bloody purges of soldiers from rival ethnic groups, while his brutal security …

… his reader back to a Middle America before Europeans, as commercial and military power shifted between Mississippian … to place, Lee demonstrates that it is, in fact, a universal commonality shared by Indigenous peoples, Francophones, and … America and ultimately controlled by Native nations and communities. Lee demonstrates a mastery of the sources, …

… this Thanksgiving break, I took advantage of my captive audience to rehearse the impressions I was forming of the book … blue jeans); and “American Traditional Characters” (Superman, Mickey Mouse, Rudolph and others). Dr. Mordica … as a jingoistic celebration of the flag. Perhaps the most compelling stories Eller tells come in the political and …

… in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with …