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… launches a war on specious pretexts. American forces occupy the enemy capital but cannot impose a political settlement … Despite its victorious conclusion, the Mexican War was a fiasco that helped set the stage for the Civil War. It started as a "war of choice," when Polk ignored evidence that American forces had crossed …

… A group of intense Christian believers gathers, heads bent in earnest prayer. At their head is a man … convert the sinner. 1997? No — nor is this on the Mall in Washington D.C., nor are we watching a Promise Keepers … chronological cycles. It often becomes especially strong when shifts in the economy or in a society’s reigning values …

… April 19, 2015 marks 240 years since the bloodshed that ignited the American Revolutionary War … become the enduring description of the Revolutionary War when he called it “the shot heard round the world” in his … and Concord had tremendous propaganda potential provided it was positioned properly. If Massachusetts men were seen as …

… in a thirteenth-century portrait. This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the medieval … rights and constitutional principles. By June 1215, England was in civil war as disaffected barons took up arms against … him and his barons, who thought he was abusing royal power. When the rebel barons seized London, King John was forced to …

… When President Obama and candidate Mitt Romney take to the stage for a foreign policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear … remembering that in October of 1986 President Ronald Reagan was meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in …

… Within this lesson plan students work with the current Syrian Civil War crisis and look at the intricacies of the roles of government in foreign … historians who are familiar with the people and culture when making foreign policy decisions. Files for download: …

… November 1918 was the deadliest month of the greatest pandemic in recorded … flu vaccine . Burying victims of the Spanish Flu in Canada. When the first cases of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic …

… Great abbeys such as Westminster and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating below the level … with their monarchs; as it is today, Westminster was then the coronation hall of English kings, while …

… When the Roman Catholic Patriarch of the Holy Land Michel Sabbah celebrates mass in the Church of … a Sunni Muslim, in the Nativity Church on Christmas Eve was cause for hope among moderates of many faiths. Since …

… On Sept. 17, 2009, President Obama will present the Medal of Honor to the parents of Army Staff Sgt. Jared C. Monti for “conspicuous gallantry.” Monti, 30, was serving with the 10th Mountain Division when he was killed in a battle at Gowardesh, Afghanistan. …

… As Barack Obama looks abroad for allies in the war in Afghanistan, he should move fast to put Canada at … Canadians have a history of reacting unpredictably when placed under pressure by great-power allies, and their … new nor particularly provocative. Indeed, his message was hardly different from the recent comments of Defense …

… When did the First World War end? November 11, 1918? June 28, 1919? Or was it later? Written by Julie M. Powell. Narration by Dr. … Patton, Laura Seeger, and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.  … On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, …

… Some Americans recall the event with shame and express their fervent hope that … of Japan. More challenging to consider is whether it was an unjustifiable act in a fully justified war. August 6 … or "revisionists." These epithets merely delay the day when Americans will consider the import of having used …

… When Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was released in 1963, it split the … that the isolation they felt taking care of home and family was not unique. This realization alone had a profound impact …

… On Sept. 27, German voters opted for Gerhard Schrôder and the Social Democrats over Kohl and his coalition of … experience in German politics before the Nazi takeover, was untainted by Nazi connections. Chancellor from 1949, when the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was …

… you now that we need you? Hurricane Katrina has underscored the importance of unified command and control in response to … considered below average among our presidents. Before he was president, however, Hoover had a reputation as a master … that Hoover’s leadership made a big difference in 1927 when the Mississippi River jumped its banks and flooded an …

… The holiday season is upon us.  It’s a time to give thanks … to Black Friday, to shop. But it could also be a season when Americans take the reins of their country’s foreign … in the new year.   Can ordinary people, not someone in Washington, be in charge of American diplomacy abroad? It …

… The administration has made a big deal of pointing out that … funny movie, but “The Mouse That Roared.” That 1959 comedy was based on the premise that by the late 1950s both sides … ruling duchess (both parts played by Peter Sellers) that when the duchy loses, it will be eligible for significant …

… March 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the impeachment of former President … ROK), a historic first for the republic.  The core issue was whether Roh violated the principle of “political neutrality” when he encouraged his supporters in the National Assembly …

… As campaign 2000 moves past the conventions, Ralph Nader, candidate of the Green Party, … spoiler can be assessed by looking at the election of 1924, when Wisconsin Sen. "Fighting Bob" La Follette ran as an … and a previous bid for the presidency he, like Nader, was viewed as a political outsider. And, like Nader, La …

… We all benefit from the ability of a political minority to stifle the will of … appealing for judicial intervention at the state level when Republicans use their majority in state legislatures to … From the beginning of our nation’s history, this principle was fundamental. In “The Federalist Papers,” James Madison, …

… It might surprise you to learn that there was considerable mechanical innovation in the medieval … laws, and the relationship between man, art, and nature. When Truitt writes “the medieval period is central to …

… The Black Death was the second pandemic of bubonic plague … and the most devastating pandemic in world history. It was a descendant of the ancient plague that had afflicted … Death had aftershocks still felt into the early 1700s. When it was over, the European population was cut by a third …