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Idi Amin addresses troops during a visit to border regions

Idi Amin's Uganda

When Idi Amin, commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in Uganda on 25 January 1971, there was hope among many Ugandans that a new beginning beckoned.
… the culmination of Uganda’s tumultuous decolonization. Nationalist politics in the 1950s had been ferociously …
graveyard at memorial to Srebrenica

Srebrenica

In July 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… reminder of the dynamics and consequences of extreme nationalism, the long legacies that acts of violence leave … and Herzegovina … Military/War/Peace … Genocide … International Organizations … Srebrenica …
Dome of the Rock

Religions of the Middle East

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… in the Middle East are more a result of religion or nationalism. Conflicts in the Middle East dominate current …
soldiers patrolling in Iraq

The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 10 Years Later

… despite flagging U.N. support and deteriorating international popular opinion . In the late evening of March 19, … nightmare, effectively squandering post-9/11 international sympathy and support. A far more deleterious effect …
Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1600, Cerasi Chapel).

Persecuted Christians?

… ] … Stephen A. Allen … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Christianity … United States … Persecuted …
A U.S. military vehicle crossing the Iraq border in March 2003.

U.S. Credibility at Stake in Iraq

… Once again the United States has squandered its international credibility on a war that most of its closest … recognize that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States … of the Yalu River — has often exaggerated the threat to national or international security to justify military …
An image of Kuwait’s oil fields after they were set ablaze by retreating Iraqi soldiers during the First Gulf War

Oil Empires and Petro-Anarchies

Review of Empires and Anarchies: A History of Oil in the Middle East, by Michael Quentin Morton (London: Reaktion Books, 2017)
… U.S.’s desire to promote its regional interests in a post-Soviet era. Without these details, Morton’s description of … to anti-Western sentiment that later defined the region’s nationalist movements. While Morton points to some of these … larger role in Morton’s narrative because the anti-Western nationalist movements were spurred by feelings of …
A view of the World Trade Center in New York City

Responding to Terror: No Good Choices

… during the anti-colonial revolution spearheaded by the National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to 1960. Hundreds … … Daniel Szechi … History News Service … Global/Transnational … United States … Terrorism … Responding to Terror: …
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.

Guess What? The New Deal Worked!

… denounced the WPA as “We Putter Around.” The new Republican National Committee chairman, Michael Steele, recently …
Dreamcatchers shown against the sky

Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College Students

… I'm not sure who these people are. I think it's a class reunion, potentially a high school class reunion. But I'm not 100% sure, that's what the picture is. We … about what blended bodies trigger regarding patriotism, nationalism, and erasure. And I wonder what mixed urban or …
A bus that has been blown up by terrorists

A Who’s Who of Jihadi Terrorism in Europe

Review of Islamist Terrorism in Europe: A History, by Petter Nesser (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015)
… of “Afghan-Arab” networks by Arab mujahideen fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan , which eventually gave birth to Al … France flight 8969 on December 26th 1994. While the Afghan-Soviet War created a jihadist threat to Europe, Nesser …
Mosul Grand Mosque in 2007

Bush Needs War — FAST

… television networks devoted only a few minutes each day to national and international news.  In contrast, today Americans encounter an … he could easily face overwhelming American and international condemnation. Even if Bush acts now, he will be …