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The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman Book Cover

The Jamestown Project

Review of The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007)
… Historians have come to love the milestone anniversaries of significant … Kupperman makes clear that the Jamestown project was only one among many that were proposed at the opening of the …
Juan and Evita Perón standing in a car waving, a soldier on horseback is beside the car

The Birth of Peronism

On October 17, 1945, hundreds of thousands of Juan Perón's supporters clogged the streets of Buenos Aires marking a consequential moment in Argentina’s history and the birth of Peronism.
… the dramatic images of the descamisados , or shirtless ones, marching through the streets and hundreds of thousands … for nothing less than a total redefinition of the social compact. Written by Steven Hyland. Narration by Dr. Nicholas …
Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. Wearing a doughboy uniform like the ones used during the war, he is holding an American flag. It covered the casket of his son Clement, who was killed in the Korean War.

Tributes of Silence, the Honor of Words

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … drove this fall’s march of troops through dueling political commercials. But history and tradition both suggest more … of wreathes, the parading of flags, the firing of twenty-one guns, and the solemn march past the …
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines packing up gear to withdraw from Al-Taqaddum Air Base, 24 March 2020.

Vietnam and Iraq: The Benefits of Getting Out

… stay the course in that conflict have taken on a desperate tone. The president and his supporters frequently cite the … still. This analogy may be appealing, but it’s a false one. The problem with the Vietnam analogy is not so much the difficulty of drawing comparisons between two different situations. The problem is …
Chinese tanks in Beijing in 1989

Honoring China’s June 4th Martyrs

… What can and should members of the international community do to honor 1989’s Beijing martyrs? Not … ago. There are, however, two other things, less often mentioned, that can and should be done to show respect for the martyrs. First, work to dispel …
Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia, enslaved more than 600 people in his lifetime.

Ivy and Slavery

… all, has a college named after him there. Yale is not alone here. Profits from the harsh slave plantations of the … chair. The family that founded Brown made much of its money on the slave trade. Slaves worked on the Princeton … it difficult to break free from the constraints of their communities, for many churches, political parties and laws …
flag of the FARC

The FARC: A Road to Rebellion

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… reflect on the various intervention plans and select one plan the Colombian government should have taken in the …
The Rodina crew. Left to right: Polina Osipenko, Valentina Grizodubova, and Marina Raskova.

The Rodina Flight

The Remarkable Story of the Women’s Non-Stop Long-Distance Flight Record
… In 1938, one year after Amelia Earhart disappeared in an attempt to … miles in a straight line).  Plans for the women’s flight commenced three months earlier in August 1938. Valeriy … enlist. In October of that year, Raskova successfully petitioned Stalin to create three all-women’s air regiments, …
President Carter shakes hands with General Torrijos of Panama after signing the Panama Canal Treaty

The Missing "Third" of the Third World

Review of Latin America and the Global Cold War, by Thomas C. Field, Jr., Stella Krepp, and Vanni Pettinà (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2020)
… from the high-profile case studies of Cuba and Nicaragua, one region of the Global South has remained conspicuously … and development. Latin America is a vast region comprising 33 individual countries in the southern half of … otherwise “tepid” approach to a third way never truly abandoned its “strong, consistent pro-United States strategic and …
Immigrants on ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty, New York City, 1887.

Strangers in the Land: An Old Theme Replayed

… as the Republic. While the topic of immigration reform is one that deserves candid discussion, all serious dialogue … figures such as Henry Adams and Theodore Roosevelt questioned whether the United States, built on its Anglo-Saxon heritage, could accommodate large numbers of Slavs and Italians whose …
General George Washington Resigning his Commission.

Diplomatic Advisers: Washington, Kennan, FDR

… policy advice? After all, the bewigged fellow on the one-dollar bill lived a long time ago. His last communication – the "Farewell Address" of 1796 – was really … with al-Qiada. Yet in 2003, the United States abandoned its distinct containment posture and launched an …
a researcher looking at a test tube of liquid

Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
Science & Technology
… with a Think Pair Share activity that asks students to compare what they know about the COVID-19 response to a … governments at the time, instead focusing on World War One. Station 2 is designed to show the varied responses to … to reflect on how they think the United States have done responding to COVID-19. Instructional Strategies: - …
Vietnamese Children

Voices of the Vietnam War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… the standard and article by highlighting the importance of Communism, one key aspect of the Cold War, and also analyzing the … trying to prevent the spread of Communism, and the damage done through bombings and Agent Orange on Vietnamese …
The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.

How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light

Review of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters district. As … leaders such as de Gaulle and Philippe Leclerc, the commander of the first French division to land with the … became anxious about the slow pace of the Allied advance. One wrote in his journal, "What will be left of France if …
A card celebrating March 8 as International Women’s Day.

International Women's Day

… along with the text, “Happy Women’s Day.” To be honest, I was a bit baffled. The following day another e-card arrived, this one featuring a photo of a hot-pink box filled with matching … break with socialist tradition. Though ideologically committed to human equality, socialists had long argued that …
a highway with lots of cars on it

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: American Infrastructure

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
… jurors, taxpayers, members of the armed forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders) This lesson plan … spending to build its infrastructure, asking its readers to come to their conclusion of what works best. I chose to use … the most recent “grade” the United States has received for one facet of its infrastructure. Students will collaborate …
First edition dust jacket cover of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 1973 book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. The book conveys Thompson's experience covering the 1972 US presidential election, particularly the (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign of Democratic nominee George McGovern.

Democrats Must Beware the Curse of 1972

… the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … that stirs powerful passions. A more cautious war position, one that respects the power of symbolism, could be the … say, that led so many who opposed the Vietnam war to vote nonetheless against the antiwar candidate in 1972. But in …
Official ISIS flag

11/12/2014: Top Ten Origins: The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)

… based in northeastern Syria and northwestern  Iraq . It is one of the rebel groups fighting to topple  the Syrian … . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni … the Shi’a believe that the ruler of Islam should be someone in the blood line of the Prophet. Ever since the Battle …
Image depicts statues of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton facing off in their duel.

The Duel Between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

On July 11, 1804, former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr faced off in the most infamous duel in American history.
… next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed him from one of the last stalwarts of the fading Federalist Party to …
In an address to a joint-session of the US Congress on September 20, 2001, US President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban deliver Osama bin Laden and destroy bases of al-Qaeda.

Bush Should Consider the Fate of Wartime Presidents

… nation must choose between alternative ways of life, “communist or free,” Truman declared. Truman shook off fears … that the present war is between two ways of life, only one of which is free, with no neutrality allowed. If Bush’s … taught the nation that in a cold war the only possible outcome is stalemate, not permanent safety. As dreams of …
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1793.

Common Sense: Salute Paine, Not Jefferson, on the Fourth

… Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence will, once again, command center stage. It will be quoted and read in its … picnics and dedication ceremonies across the nation. But one truth that is not so self-evident to the American people … taverns and coffeehouses of Philadelphia, buttonholing anyone with an opinion. By the autumn of 1775, Paine’s writings …