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… the zoot suit took two trajectories according to Peiss. One came out of the specific experiences of the war … the rise and transformations of the zoot suit. In chapter one, Peiss examines the making of the zoot suit; not so much … songwriters and animators utilized the suit to make commentary on American life during a time of war. Chapter …

… Europe and the Soviet Union, made the future of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uncertain. It was in this period of … pragmatic, and authoritarian. The China of Deng's youth was one of chaos. Born in 1904, Deng saw the optimism of the … Leap Forward (1958-61), when an estimated 16-45 million died. He doubts grew during the Cultural Revolution …

… don’t need to risk jail time because they have exchanged money for votes. In this TV age, campaigning is expensive business. Today’s bribes come in the form of enormous but legal campaign … and politicians. But today’s media — and today’s audiences — are more interested in tawdry sex scandals than in …

… has concluded that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is complicit because it harbors al-Qaida. But will an American … So much for Afghan success. What about American failure?  One of the many problems the United States faced in Vietnam … Today, no nation dares risk U.S. wrath by shipping arms or money to the Taliban. Although neighboring Pakistan used to …

… the 1660s, which culminated in Henry Morgan's capture of one of the most vital cities in the silver trade. Earle's … most valuable colonial possessions in an era of uncertain communications and increased European competition. It also … trade routes to protect and only a handful of trained soldiers, ships, and funds to protect them with, even the most …

… Anyone unfortunate enough to have watched more than a modest … Celebrity .  Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield, is the author of more … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: …

… In preparation for hosting an upcoming summit of Arab heads of state, Saudi Arabian Crown … Ein Gev. Some members of that collective farm never slept one night of their childhoods outside a bomb shelter. In … to the pre-1967 borders, the Saudis’ territorial “remedies” exceed the nearly universally accepted parameters of …

… precedent, was necessary to maintain legal stability. The one difference with Roe is that the Casey case rejected the … right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language … the limits of what reasoned discourse can represent. An audience has to be brutally stimulated — shocked by savage …

… story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest … beginning of Macedonian hegemony after the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, through the wars of the successors to … here in a mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, died in 323 BCE, which incited confusion and revolt in …

… The furor over comments made by Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his aides to a writer for Rolling Stone brings to mind earlier, infamous clashes between … — are limited.   Yet many Americans still expect our soldiers not only to hunt down the enemies of the United States …

… Gekko when addressing a stockholders’ meeting in Oliver Stone’s 1987 movie, “Wall Street.” Gekko, an arrogant power … resonated strongly in the 1980s, because they reminded audiences of the behavior of Ivan Boesky and other … investments broadly through risky buyouts of disparate companies. Often they stuffed their pockets with cash while …

… that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … of American firepower again dominate the nightly news, and one is left to wonder what threat the disintegrated Iraqi … that he was “trying to prevent a world war — not to start one.” As the only world leader yet to authorize the use of …

… passed by Congress will affect not only the influence of money on American politics. By weakening parties but … discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… With the horrific assault of Sept. 11, “terrorism” has become the new American watchword and scourge. Yet as George … W. Bush declares a “war on terrorism,” neither he nor anyone else has defined what terrorism is or where it comes … these groups realized that if you live by the car bomb, you die by the car bomb; terrorism could alienate the very …

… for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … the USA, the notion spread that only homosexual men were prone to infection through sexual contact. Specific to the … million cases. The 1990 report was shaped by the same erroneous assumptions that guided the Soviet response to …

… beautifully produced. Vivid photographs and footage were combined with informative and entertaining commentary by … about. But we didn't get to see enough of that Wilson, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century … to resonate in today's partisan arguments. So why such one-dimensional coverage by "American Experience?" Too many …