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Photo of Tiananmen Square from 2007.

Bombings, Blood Debts, and Mutual Suspicion

… flimsy for blood debts! Ryan Dunch teaches modern Chinese history at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and writes for the History News Service. He lived in Hong Kong from 1987 to … History News Service …
Garden District of New Orleans.

Learning to Dance With the French

… Richard wrote the six-hour documentary series "Louisiana: A History," to be shown on public television this fall. He is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.

A President Who Was Still Growing

… so wanting today. William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money … History News Service …
A Nuclear Power Plant in the Untied Kingdom against a blue sky.

How Green Is the Atom?

The Past–and Future–of Nuclear Energy in the United States
… and expedited licensing worth the risk? The operating history of one station, Davis-Besse, outside of Toledo, … National Science Foundation (Contract 2020024) and HoNESt (History of Nuclear Energy and Society, Horizon 2020 … 76, no. 1 (1976): 39-45 Thomas Wellock, Safe Enough?: A History of Nuclear Power and Accident Risk  (Berkeley:  …
Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th , 1911.

Black Canadians and Pandemics

… the lost past to life? Such are the dilemmas of writing the history of Black Canadians—present and yet absent at the … Connecting History
Iraq by Raymond Bucko SJ on Flickr, cc by 2.0

Redeeming Honor — the South and Iraq

… Bertram Wyatt-Brown, is Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida in Gainesville and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
President George H.W. Bush shaking hands with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the Kremlin.

Russia — Ten Years After the Fall

… something. David S. Foglesong, is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… of the “Western world.” Norman Markowitz is a member of the history faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Flag of the People's Republic of China

With Enemies Like These…

… in the foot. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New … History News Service …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… Fellow at Columbia University and a writer for the History News Service. She is writing a book on the 1920 Wall … History News Service …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… work. Yet it remains largely unknown today because most books on Soviet culture focus only on Moscow (or Leningrad), … Connecting History
A portrait of U.S. Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell, who advocated for air power in the 1920s.

Rumsfeld Must Modernize U.S. Armed Forces

… yesterday. Michael H. Creswell is in associate professor of history at Florida State University. The author of "A … Cold War Europe" (2006), he is also a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Motorcycle and sidecar with an advertisement for the Popolo d'Italia newspaper.

A Media King Becomes Prime Minister (Again)

… civic culture. Victoria de Grazia, a professor of history at Columbia University, is the author of "The … of Leisure in Fascist Italy" (1981) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.

A New Cold War in the Caribbean?

… of the Fourth Fleet as a shot across his bow. But as history has shown, wielding a big stick in the Caribbean can … History News Service …
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The World’s Longest War

… the Great, in the most brilliant campaign in military history, conquered the vast Persian Empire – a realm that … History News Service …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… kamikaze pilots, and today’s suicide bombers? How can the history inform policy decisions to try and prevent such … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, produced by Origins: Current …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… the most productive presidential partnership in American history. He wrote a short note to Herbert Hoover in 1945 … History News Service …
the monument of the Soviet army in Sofia, completed in 1954

11/4/2014: Empty Fountains: Communist-Era Monuments Revisited

… red-and-white Polish symbols for Katyn; and the “hands off  Crimea ” sign after the Russian occupation of the area . … hill. The site now also hosts a welcome center, a natural history museum, a medieval fortress, a restaurant, and … Connecting History