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… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … checkbook where failure to limit household spending to income courted disaster. This analogy ignored the reality that … made amendment difficult. They believed that the rules governing the obligations and conduct of government …

… civil war. Another similarity may prove the most troublesome of all for President Bush. Citizen troops — … attempted the same kind of program in Vietnam. It failed completely. The second measure calls for an Iraqi government … would inherit the postwar mess while the United States took credit for toppling Hussein. Invading Iraq was a dangerous …

… poetry on Maidan. Serhii was featured in books, articles, and films, not just because of his constant presence at … were organized, they died off when they were no longer necessary.   But these initiatives were heroic, and heroes … Connecting History …

… of President John F. Kennedy continues to ignite countless conspiracy theories, rising from the strange … day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … a gradual withdrawal of American special forces would be necessary. Unfortunately, his successor, Lyndon Johnson, did …

… parties, struggle with their sexuality, track “likes” and “comments” on Facebook, experience domestic abuse, and dream … town that is simultaneously rooted in tradition and connected to the broader world.  Last Night in Nuuk  makes … of telephone eventually played by writers who had never visited Greenland, reports through the centuries grew more …

… chemists had worked to find an organizing principle that encompassed all of the known elements and that could be … systems to organize the elements did so in their roles as chemical educators rather than as chemical … in 1952. A 1923 Deming Periodic Table ; chemists frequently credit Horace Deming, a professor at the University of …

… Pirates seem to have suddenly become popular in early modern history. Recently,  titles such as The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard, David … So we can never truly speak of piracy as something disconnected from early modern politics. At a deeper emotional …

… a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” Explaining that the … to more regressive payroll deductions and complicated sales taxes, or combinations of these, all “welfare state” … New Deal, welfare continued to be seen as something disconnected from the majority of people, except as an expression …

… a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have been told; … already made my way back through the gate of the archive complex. A security guard gave me a glass of water and asked … over the last three decades. Massive inflation, a relentless and formidable drag on the fabric of the Brazilian …

… was the reinterpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Comparing President Kennedy’s action and President Bush’s … against the Soviet introduction of nuclear-tipped missiles into Cuba. Rumsfeld conveniently overlooked two crucial … administration lacks the kind of documentary evidence that compelled Kennedy to act. Kennedy resisted the use of force …

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. … people of ancient history) as we do characters from epic tales or plays, like Shakespeare’s Hamlet. But, the memories … two thousand years, the history seems so distant and disconnected from us that we see the people living then less like …

… a national security threat. While the order legally encompassed Germans and Italians, in practice only the … there are large clusters of Arab-Americans in Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and Brooklyn, they live in all states. … internment, once it began, was relatively easy to accomplish, it met fierce resistance from the U.S. attorney …

… to which men will go to take it away from them, and to the complicated politics of one’s immortal soul. Director Josie … but her role never disappoints. Her constant internal struggles with marriage, motherhood, and her mortality drive her … This license does not detract, however. Their meeting was necessary to the character building and ultimate message the …

… landscape and lexicon. This trend has left ever more complex financial markets and multinationals to operate in … build a support package for several nearly insolvent trust companies. This effort quelled market panic and made Morgan … important today as it has ever been. The moral hazards of less regulation now outstrip the costs of greater …

… one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … in early 1815, might also have been avoided with faster communications. The battle took place two weeks after … in its history: It was now free to spread westward, unmolested. That, however, proved a mixed blessing. A new …

… in Kansas where few noticed the signs of the pandemic to come amid the ongoing war. On March 4, 1918 company cook … told Britons to simply “carry on.” To impose quarantines necessary to contain the pandemic would have been too … about the dangers of coughing, sneezing, and the careless disposal of nasal discharge. An Ohio newspaper …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was … But I am not sure that “history and politics” are necessarily taken too lightly by those who critique a …

… in church politics, while Julian flounders after becoming augustus and Jovian emerged as the first “compromise candidate” chosen to be emperor by those more … on the interpretation of literary sources, is (by necessity) skimmed over, but without real citation, the …

… Wilson helped create the League of Nations at the Versailles Conference at the end of World War I . The Senate, … Wilson bitterly called “a sullen and selfish isolation,” becoming an observer in the League but never a full member. As … of the “Four Policeman” idea into the security council was necessary to protect its interests in Eastern Europe . The …

… This lens has led Oldstone-Moore to posit four “principles of beard history” which are: facial hair tracks … current evolutionary theories reveals that beards are connected either to ornamentation or aggression, that is their … ancient Mesopotamian history. The bearded warrior kings and completely shaven priestly classes established a clear …

… early twentieth century to the present, highlighting the complex interaction of politics, economics, nutrition, and … economy collapsed in the 1930s, a new concern—the rising surplus of farm commodities—entered the discourse of school … conference denied that this was happening. Out of economic necessity, schools turned to private food companies, …

… . The surge of U.S. forces to Iraq in 2007-2008 and the accompanying counterinsurgency strategy along with a Sunni … ungoverned spaces that ISIS has used to regenerate its combat power with an infusion of new recruits, financing, … Syria ,  Iraq , Lebanon,  Jordan , Israel, and the Palestinian territories . Once this area is secured, ISIS aims …

… kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a base for terrorists. No one then actually used the … them the way Americans view terrorists today — as ruthless murderers causing horrific destruction. Walker’s men … the U.S. government tolerated filibustering, just the opposite was true. It was hardly in the national interest to …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … materials into finished products. The plant attracted countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before he produced “Modern Times,” the classic …