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… His role in ending the Cold War was less important than the Soviet Union’s collapse from internal strains. He was a … number of letters that prove he was no dummy. A historian’s complaint, however, is larger than chagrin at the number of … nation to alter its perceptions, values and policies. The comfortable old ways will no longer do. Reagan had an …

… of people who quote the Bible in opposition.   They have reason to be worried. A growing plurality of Americans accepts … of escaped slaves. Ephesians 6:5 enjoined them to “be obedient to them that are your masters.”   Small wonder, then, … and equality. For them, slavery and Christianity were incompatible. These contrasting approaches parallel the …

… licenses to gay couples represents an example of the often complex relationship between government officials and broader social, cultural and political trends. In his book Hoover’s … For example, Charles’s third chapter contains three case studies about prominent gay, or allegedly gay, individuals to …

… day in Dallas in 1963. In an inaugural address that has become a poignant reminder of the idealism of the 1960s, JFK … of voluntarism by urging citizens to commit themselves to solving the problems of poverty and social injustice, both … the assassination of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem in early November 1963 made JFK realize that the United …

… So...what now? (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 4) … the polls were moved to schools and churches and community centers. There was some change in how candidates … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … political violence in the second most populous country in South America. Its demobilization constitutes a major shift … the appropriate economic development model. Three child soldiers during the War of a Thousand Days (1898-1902). Between …

… by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2003. Mars, the red planet so close to Earth, has become a tantalizing target for humans to visit. Noted space … coming from the Red Planet. We have orbiters from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and India. We have two NASA …

… of a permanent facility in which to play football.  When completed, Harvard Stadium cost over $300,000, held 40,000 … concrete structure in the world.  It still stands.  So do the Yale Bowl (1914), Franklin Field in Philadelphia … institutions. But virtually all of these reforms, Smith points out repeatedly, have been in the name of competitive …

… and Martha Biondi have published important case studies on civil rights in the urban North, Sugrue offers the … never passive victims.  From the very beginning of black community development in the North, African Americans fought … control.  Integration and community control, Sugrue points out, were never mutually exclusive, but as blacks …

… capital city, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Emperor was accompanied by battle-tested companies of Patriot guerilla fighters (the Arbanyoch). … British Colonel Orde Wingate led Gideon Force and an assorted mix of Commonwealth fighters from Egypt , Sudan , and … Andrew Carlson …

… a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … campaigns, successions and elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about …

… it’s more like the little exasperations voiced by a quarrelsome old couple, married more years than either likes to … French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … evolved a peculiar identity, no longer the offspring of old Europe, yet never conventionally American either. It’s a …

… a year into Trump’s second term, his own supporters have become suspicious that even his Justice Department has joined … threat to the government but as the government itself, embodied in administrators, supported by the Democratic Party, … of public service with a democratic ethos.  As Blakely points out, “we need the information generated by social …

… from the Internet. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for making a complex world safe again. If only it were so easy. A major flaw in blaming the Internet for terrorist … safety and peace. Ann Larabee is a professor of American studies at Michigan State University and a writer for the …

… Origins [PDF] A Gordian Knot: The Ethnic Relations of the South Slavs (revised 2023)  [PDF] Tragedy in Somalia: Clans, …   [PDF] Manhood on Trial: Homosexuality, Conduct Unbecoming, and the Military   [PDF] The State of the World … and Neo-Fascism: The Rise of the Extreme Right in Western Europe  [PDF] Towards an Independent Future: The Baltics …

… On June 15, 1950,  North Korean armed forces invaded  South Korea and launched a brutal war on the Korean … forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them north of the … greatly assisted the fledgling KPA. Mao Zedong’s own son died during the conflict. Soviet leader  Joseph Stalin , …

… hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can't even go for a damn jog man! Like … released of three white men--a former police officer, his son, and a neighbor--hunting down Ahmaud Arbery while he was … Olympic Team, highlighted by sprinters Ralph Metcalfe and Eddie Tolan and broad jumper Eddie Gordon. Tolan and Metcalfe …

… “elected” president of Syria. The unrest resulted from a combination of socio-economic and political problems that had been building … Alawites, furthermore, ignore Islamic sanitary practices, dietary restrictions, and religious rituals. The …

… own arrogant risk-taking. But the legend of Casey Jones, soon to be immortalized in a Tin Pan Alley ballad, neglected … 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 …