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… was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … being dropped entirely in 1955 in favor of an effort to target  malaria . In 1959, however, Deputy Minister of the … in Parker’s exposure to smallpox in a most unnatural way. She was taken to the East Birmingham Hospital, where …

… Food supplies were devastated, and recovery would not come easily. The American Relief Administration, led by … picture industry was young at that time, but it pulled together a major fundraiser for European relief. A “Motion … reported that millions of dollars were raised.   A world away, but close at heart, were Invisible Guest children in …

… of the Heaven’s Gate suicides now blame everything from comets to cults to cyberspace to the dead themselves — the … More than a century ago, Herman Melville made the case for American gullibility in the novel “The Confidence-Man” … and apocalyptic millennialists, to say nothing of get-rich infomercialists promising the riches, or at least …

… history. Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, complained that the CBS script contains language … interpretive. Dramatic representations of the past always contain inventions, because the creators of these films … the Cold War. On the other hand, it highlights his forgetfulness and loose control over his staff, and it portrays …

… For fifty years the Soviet Union stood in the eyes of the … motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … – in this, he echoes the opinion of Reagan himself who always credited Gorbachev with bring the cold war to an end. …

… Alice in Wonderland, the little girl created by Oxford mathematician and logician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson … our own purposes as well. Zombie Alice at 2014 New York ComicCon. Cosplaying is one way people have taken ownership of Alice and remixed it into …

… violence and remains trapped in a frozen conflict.  Tucked away in the South Caucasus near the frontiers of Russia, … mulberry vodka.  Jingalov hats , a flatbread stuffed with vegetables, is a staple of Karabakh cuisine.  Stepanakert, the … Children of Nagorno-Karabakh. At the time of this writer’s visit in 2014, life in the capital and other cities appeared …

… of the English exchequer records describing the preparation for the campaign. With this wealth of context, Barker makes … which he handled his enemies brilliantly; she discusses the way that coronation was a "spiritual event" for the king; … unalloyed sense of justification: She announces that the outcome of the battle of Agincourt showed "God had chosen to …

… On December 6, 1922, Ireland’s struggle for independence from the United Kingdom reached a turning … 26 of 32 Irish counties received considerable, albeit not complete, independence. The following day, however, six … Labour Party introduced the possibility of Home Rule as a way of compromising on the so-called Irish question. Home …

… presidential history. Each of the current front runners for the major party nominations offers important new biographical details to the traditional commander-in-chief profile. After having 43 presidents cut … ever elected to serve in the White House. Grover Cleveland gets that designation in some trivia books, but when he was …

… a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” Explaining that the … party, which is like our Conservative party.” Taken together, these two statements, from citizens of the … was made possible by such legislation as the National Highway Act of 1956. By the 1960s, this anti-welfare state …

… President Bush is presiding over what is fast becoming a foreign policy disaster. The war in Iraq is a … events from the outside world have a harsh and unremitting way of reminding Americans that they cannot remain isolated. … be at the forefront of efforts to stop the scourge of targeting civilians for political gain. But fighting terrorism …

… (ecclesiastical censure) in England and to his own excommunication, the troubling loss of his French possessions, … power. When the rebel barons seized London, King John was forced to capitulate to their demands. Meeting on a field at … or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send …

… the inspectors were too few and too weakly supported to overcome Iraqi resistance. But even if the inspections had … to such weapons, owing to its unique experience as the targets of the only nuclear weapons ever used in war and to its … the dramatic turnaround of Japan in Iraq. The only way that Gulf War II will succeed in long-term disarmament …

… why the Soviet Union and Germany decided to work together and how their partnership took shape. Nazi Germany’s … order and provide readers bite-sized analyses of complex political, social, and military affairs. For … Germany (later Nazi Germany) and the Soviet Union paved the way for both the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and the ideological …

… intelligence, launches a war on specious pretexts. American forces occupy the enemy capital but cannot impose a … history of foreign occupation, Iraqi civilians would welcome U.S. troops as liberators. Most Iraqis, like most … uniting the fractious Democratic Party behind a demand to get US troops out. The Mexican War and its legacy of …

… and cultural challenges. The crisis that would become the Nigerian Civil War began on January 15, 1966 when a … politicians had sought at the time of independence as a way to gain political advantage and neutralize the hegemony … reinforcing these regional divisions. Unification fused together culturally and ethnically distinct regions, which …

… include ethnic Russians outside of Russia? Is it legitimate for the Russian government to exert influence over those … had been lost to foreign powers centuries before, had always been part of Russia. Thus, they concluded, Ukraine and … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and …

… After all, American society is now among the world's most complex. In a nation of such diverse origins, practices and … unprecedented constitutional government would survive. One way to help preserve it, some people, most members of the … in 1800 and saw the hated Sedition Law lapse. The law's targets, including Lyon, who gained reelection from his jail …

… allows us to reflect on such important ideas as justice, communal violence, and political legitimacy. Like any civil … legacy of military, economic, and territorial conquest that forever shaped North America. In broad terms, the Creek … for militant anti-American action. In early 1813, on his way back to Creek country from living among northern …

… talking about Martin Luther King, one of the questions most commonly asked is: “What would Dr. King say about…?” The … Charles M. Sheldon: “What Would Jesus Do?” Its most recent form is the Evangelical Environmental Network’s critique of … on our own. Our world is very different from and in many ways better than Martin Luther King’s world. Racial …