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… A History of Oil in the Middle East , serves as a concise, easy-to-read introduction to modern Middle Eastern history … had obtained independence. Morton tracks major individuals, companies, and governments taking part in the search for commercially viable oil sources as well as the negotiation …

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … Mill). Oaxaca's rugged terrain means that many indigenous communities remain isolated: roughly 50% of the state’s … in Mexico: the Sierra Sur mountain range keeps indigenous communities in relative isolation. (Photos courtesy of Kelly …

… to study photographs of official Soviet events to see which Communist Party members were visible and which had been …

… as the voice of prudence, the realpolitik strategic thinker compelled to inform the naive, idealistic newcomers from the South about national interests and … conduct ignorant and misplaced. Instead of opposing the commander in chief directly, Brzezinski cited administrative …

… history.  Stein brings a fresh perspective to the studied and landmark decisions Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), … Instead, the holding is evidence of a much more tenuous commitment to a liberal sexually revolutionizing agenda.  The Court's commitment, Stein argues, was to a specific, fairly narrow, …

… my daughter, I wish you were a boy!” Whether he meant the comment as an affront or as a statement on the injustice … husband without losing custody of her children. They also comprised preventing her from receiving a good education and … life, writing books, giving speeches, and campaigning. She died on October 26, 1902, eighteen years before the passage …

… the country at the cost of approximately 155 U.S. soldiers killed. Yet, despite this initial military success, … with a willful misleading of the public, and a war that committed a democratic nation’s armed forces to a … In the coming years, another photograph of a U.S. soldier, Lynndie England, giving a thumbs-up of her own next to …

… John Ashcroft asks for authority to hold non-citizens incommunicado indefinitely if the government regards them as a … a specific phone number is obsolete in an age when people commonly  have multiple telephones and e-mail. He argues … before the right to an attorney and other basic rights come into force. The security of the United States, he says, …

… were right-wing ideologues who cynically utilized fears of communism to crush opposition to their tyrannical regimes. … that men like Botha and Pinochet tried to erase. Both bodies revealed the atrocities that their perpetrators had … Pinochet. One example of the revelatory capacity of these bodies will suffice. In mid-1985 four African men from the …

… Amendment does not prohibit robust gun regulation, it compels it. Today’s gun rights ideology is antithetical to … about an obligation citizens owed to their government and communities to contribute to public defense. They also …

… for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … an unknown who ascended to the presidency when Roosevelt died in 1945. He then accidentally presided over the end of … in places like Greece left the country profoundly uneasy. In 1948 Truman was weak and unpopular, and the …

… the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. We’ll have to wait until November … favor with their constituents, but simply because they felt compelled to follow their own heartfelt convictions. In his …

… call “the law of unintended consequences.” That phrase has come to be understood as a warning that intervention in a complex system tends to create unexpected and often … undesirable results.   The U.S. Constitution is one such complex system, and making changes to it can sometimes …

… free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … from a British colony to an independent nation-state, becoming increasingly diverse, with over a quarter of its … Day now needs to serve as a symbol for all these different communities. In contrast with many other countries, New …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … pro quo. Slowly, however, the view of the Cuban-American community is changing, partly because Cuban immigration has … from other Latin American countries — economic betterment. Compared with the earlier exiles, whose families would be …

… by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel … of insecticide manufacturers probably reflects her communist sympathies,” adding, “As for insects, isn’t it …

… he proclaimed that “our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world.” This … notwithstanding the fact that Spanish missionaries had accomplished this two centuries before. But not all American …

… Augustine, Brown emphasizes the importance of patronage and community in the famous bishop's career and suggests that … (522-6). Brown characterizes this as the shift toward medieval Christianity. As expected from Peter Brown, this book … and chronological confusion. As a result it can be easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Another problem is …

… of nineteenth-century America, is instructing an audience of women, as well as men, on the meaning of a revival … Tocqueville noted in the 1830s, Americans are renowned for combining “separation of church and state” with intense, … revivalism follows chronological cycles. It often becomes especially strong when shifts in the economy or in a …

… coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the … Services (NISS), which was accountable to al-Bashir. Soldiers of the Sudan People’s Liberation … state they will continue their acts of civil disobedience until free and transparent elections implement …

… whole cloth. A hundred years later, letters to the editor commenting on the anti-trust suit against Microsoft suggest … first astronauts. The World War II generation honored the Audie Murphys and George Pattons because of their courage and … is a professor of African American history at San Diego State University. His most recent book is "Seeing Red: …

… wanted to emulate. Now that they had been freed from communist oppression, many supposed, it would not be long … many Russians did hope that Russia would magically become like the United States, the euphoric American … that Americanization was the natural and only acceptable outcome of Russian reform contributed to disregard of …

… President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives — created to give religious groups tax … philosophers: Marvin Olasky. Bush has praised Olasky as “compassionate conservatism’s leading thinker,” saying of his … along with them. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… Coming to terms with the American Civil War is no easy task. The scale of its destruction alone is still … New historical estimates put the death toll at 750,000 soldiers, or 2.4% of the American population in 1860, which …