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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 …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle … Diplomacy/International Relations …
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.

Science Beseiged

Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America, by Andrew Jewett (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 2020)
… public confidence. Ideological agendas would shrivel as national unity took hold. “For this crisis, the things that …
The floor seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

Getting Others to Fight Our Wars

… send in U.S. forces. But after some scorching remarks from Soviet Premier Khrushchev, while Castro was making mincemeat … Global/Transnational
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 …
Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London, Portrait of Anne Boleyn, and Anne Boleyn with her Daughter.

The Execution of Anne Boleyn

… in 1502. The terms of the widowed Catherine’s subsequent union with Henry would become controversial later. Yet it is …
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 … Global/Transnational
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 …
Marlin Stutzman US senate campaign, 2016 (Support a Balanced Budget Amendment)

An Amendment Whose Time Has Never Come

… was offered as an anti-New Deal measure. At a time when national obligations in domestic and international affairs were growing rapidly and substantially, …