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… F. Kennedy did to his would-be iconographer, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., that he hopes someone is busy getting it all … For surely there was no better reason to employ Schlesinger, the historian who had already done wonders for … himself. Which won’t be so bad. Obama’s already an accomplished memoirist. He evidently prefers to be his own …

… concerns. Whether subduing Iraq and Afghanistan, combating sex trafficking, restricting nuclear weaponry or … custody case in Chile will be decided by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Formal international … of negotiating international trade agreements or raising the bar on human rights, supranational bodies loom …

… the latter has been the case to an appalling degree since 1945.  Today, those two precautions create a dilemma … through the veto or some other device, such a force could become the rogue force the U.N. founders feared. But our … of major human rights violations, and which could not become an international troublemaker. Not an easy challenge.  …

… or “Old Town,” is relatively new. This area had to be completely rebuilt after its destruction during  World War … of the Altstadt from the other side of the Elbe is commonly referred to as the “Canaletto View,” after the … that says, “This is not Disneyland. This is the dark East." Since then, the Frauenkirche has become variously a symbol …

… President Clinton’s commission on race relations is dead on arrival. Most Americans had wished it success. They had hoped that commission members’ resolve and wisdom would move attention … the president. Arguably the two most important laws enacted since the New Deal have been the 1964 Civil Rights Act, …

… sad watching a powerful political figure overstay his welcome. Helmut Kohl, German chancellor for sixteen years, has … Germany under Schrôder might do is of greater importance. A comparison of the chancellorships of Konrad Adenauer and … earned a place in history as the longest serving chancellor since World War II and as the architect of German unity. He …

… bilateral trade, illegal immigration, and joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. Political reform in Mexico should … these words of praise ring hollow. Zedillo has shown little commitment to reform. In fact, he recently supported … a patronage network which includes most of the major business associations, professional groups, labor unions, and …

… Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan has provoked comparisons with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Like Roosevelt, Obama is promising to pull the country out of a depression with massive … women earned only 51 percent of what men did for work of comparable worth.   During the Depression, officials …

… for the mills of both critics of U.S. education and advertising agency executives. In the 1920s, ad agency researchers … of the intergalactic wars of the Star Trek TV series become as important as the Civil War. An example of how … follows the ratings marketplace can be seen in the commercial cable network, the History Channel, which liberal …

… Yes, your Royal Highness, Everybody!” — Hanau People’s Commission to Prince-Elector Friedrich Wilhelm, 1848. On … 9, 1848, the twenty-three members of the Hanau People’s Commission—leading citizens of the small German city on the … In some places, notably Berlin and Vienna, the uprisings turned violent, with armed confrontations between the …

… enemies of peace."   Democrats and Republicans could surely come together to realize that children overseas dying or … hunger a foreign policy priority.  They can and should come together over food.   This has to happen if we are to … levels for the McGovern-Dole program, which has languished since it got its start.  Global hunger has fallen far off …

… otherwise, is a dynamic process that revolves around three complex elements — the leader, the followers and the … they do appear to be fixated on the second major component of the leadership process: the followers. Political commentators are rightfully focusing attention on the role of the next Congress. To lead …

… for the negro in 250 years than African freedom had done since the building of the pyramids."  Woodrow Wilson was the … The Civil War: Losing the War, Winning the History …

… in southeast Asia, fully hopeful of joining the world community of free and independent nations. Burma is little … in southeast Asia, Burma’s $1,200 per capita annual income is now a fifth of that of neighboring Thailand, below … to no avail. As its closest trading partners, Japan, Singapore and Thailand have greater influence with Burma’s …

… (1644-1912) to the present day. The book attempts to accomplish two tasks. First, it provides a general history of … and used to propagate their movement would carry into the Communist Era. Sun Yat-Sen deified nationalist thought and … influences that threatened his rule. Mühlhahn points to the Sino-Soviet Split as a crucial moment: it spurred Mao to …

… and undervalued, the seismic program was still incomplete almost two decades later when Loma Prieta struck … as the “Cypress Structure” collapsed, killing sixty-four commuters. Unlike most California freeways in 1989, the … on social programs that do nothing for our infrastructure. Since 1993, money originally ear-marked for highway …

… the CEOs of transnational firms such as Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossings in our “deregulated” economy have long practiced what … instituted when it established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934. The Securities Exchange Act … Economics/Business/Trade …

… to end the arms race and proceed toward “general and complete disarmament.” Nuclear weapons states pledged not to … The United States and others scoff at this claim, since Iran also refuses inspections, the other half of the … weapons states. The lack of progress toward “general and complete disarmament,” they argue, betrays those states’ …

… The story line for the upcoming November elections has been that conservatives are …   Don’t believe me? Let’s do a quick history lesson and compare the conservative position on issues over the last … work in coal mines? One hundred years ago conservative business interests and their allied politicians certainly …

… he did, but how he was found. In 1869, Livingstone went missing in Africa on an expedition and was presumed lost. … The writer Walter Benjamin once suggested that "History decomposes into images, not narratives" and Clare Pettitt … She notes how this meeting, publicized by the Herald complete with copious amounts of American triumphalism, was …

… toxic pollution, and over-exploitation of resources increasingly dominate the news, there may be an even larger threat … Brenna Miller     Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … and changes in the practice of agriculture. But an increasingly urgent issue has also been the impacts of climate …

… the French Duke of Normandy. It is a reminder that the complicated, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile relationship … individual king, who might bestow it on someone of his choosing, though that risked angering his subjects. Therefore, … demanded a loyalty oath from his subjects and conducted a comprehensive land survey, which was recorded in the …

… by a massive drought. Millions were forced to flee their communities in search of food, but there was little to find. … for children.   Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce, responded.   Hoover quickly gained support from … we must also look ahead: We cannot let this happen again.   Since the time of the Russian famine, better methods of …