… parties and from across the U.S. gathered to form the National Women’s Political Caucus (NWPC). One of the … following year, in 1975, the United Nations declared “ International Year of the Woman .” Grasso’s election, as the …
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 …
Review of In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, The Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement, by Michael Lienesch (Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2007)
… of myths. Fundamentalists began to unite across denominational boundaries in order to defend their faith and their …
… 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 …
… was offered as an anti-New Deal measure. At a time when national obligations in domestic and international affairs were growing rapidly and substantially, …
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong (1893-1976) announced the establishment of the People’s Republic of China marking the end of China’s chaotic era of foreign domination since the mid-18th century.
… Harvard University Press, 2011. Wang, Zheng. Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics … … Cruz Guan … China … Taiwan … Cold War … Diplomacy/International Relations … International Organizations … East Asia & Southeast Asia … The …
… Over the course of the past year international negotiators have met periodically in Vienna in an … weapons, and thereby mitigate one of the most pressing international security concerns of the past several decades. In … This view accordingly deems Iran a serious threat to international security even without a nuclear weapon and a …
… have gravitated, unfortunately, to the far right, to the national front. So that is one of the unhappy developments … precisely, part of the appeal of the far right is that the National Front movement of Jean-Marie Le Pen, and now it is …
… and Japan defused their fear and earned decades of international good will. The cost of humanitarian aid to North … Korea … Japan … Nuclear Power & Weapons … Diplomacy/International Relations … Avoiding a Pearl Harbor in Korea …
Review of The Trials of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, and Insanity in the Victorian West, by Carole Haber (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)
… War has an American president thought through what the international role of the United States should be. A continuance … States … World War I / WWI … Wilson and Bush: Unready Internationalists …