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… a red, white, and blue clad figure holding a shield in one hand and using the other to punch Adolf Hitler square in … and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1, the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics. …

… latest round in the Israeli-Palestinian battle nears its one-year anniversary, the violence mounts with no end in … as a permanent fact of life. The Zionists aimed to overcome that psychological infirmity by making the Jews a … broke out again. For Israel, the only alternative to real compromise was to show more power. The tanks and missiles we …

… Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, … book from Ohio State historian Lucy Murphy "A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great … Lakes region." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … financial and military.  Months after the war began, in one of the most visible effects of sanctions to date, major … the world’s largest steel works and an entire city on a site located in an unsettled location on the steppe, miles …

… Democrats will miss a massive opportunity to reform one of the most outdated and anti-majoritarian practices in … anti-democratic, inefficient, and a symbol of legislative incompetence. Liberals in the earlier post-World War II period … cloture (the process by which a filibuster is ended). Opponents, such as the conservative southerner James Allen, …

… destroying the old world, Hitler created a new one that has ever since demanded constant attention and … the “Jewish Question,” the conviction that Jews were parasites and could only destroy, not build civilization. By the … Hitler created the opposite of what he intended to accomplish by invading the Soviet Union. Instead of destroying …

… One November 12, 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, famed women’s … Elizabeth Cady Stanton was, however, a force to be reckoned with, and the most important and well-known female … my daughter, I wish you were a boy!” Whether he meant the comment as an affront or as a statement on the injustice …

… One hundred years ago, early in the morning on April 30, … by his own arrogant risk-taking. But the legend of Casey Jones, soon to be immortalized in a Tin Pan Alley ballad, … whole cloth. A hundred years later, letters to the editor commenting on the anti-trust suit against Microsoft suggest …

… heads that revealed the future, and automated gardens complete with metallic singing birds. In this book, E.R. … and the laws that govern both—which is usually taken as one of the hallmarks of modernity of 17th century natural … exactly constituted life—and what were the necessary components of nature versus artifice. Truitt’s work has major …

… who demanded economic and political equality, on a day officially dedicated to “the female workers’ causes.” The …

… Internationale , but at twice the normal speed—Nazi Party officials were worried that some locals might try to sing … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal … largely amateur mass army were experienced German forces, honed in war since 1936. Using their superior experience, …

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … respond to some of the questions being raised. Why do we so commonly talk about the golden age of piracy the way that we … Bioshock Infinite‘s portrayal of power and religion?” Watch one such episode from their recent videos that discusses …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris. … cars. If they beat the gasoline competition before, perhaps one day they’ll dominate again. Written by Jennifer Eaglin. …

… power. They propose a usage the Founders never envisioned. They appear to have forgotten the lesson of their … The broad political consensus to dismiss properly chosen officials is obtainable only when a serious offense is … that “judicious conduct,” in the best sense of those words, comes from judges insulated from popular emotions. The …

… thousand Americans, 16,000 Japanese, and 100,000 Manileños, one tenth of the population. Written by Gregory Kupsky. …

… century onward. A simple and straightforward story, but one that does not tell the entire history of Europe's … people, whom neither the ancients nor the Bible ever mentioned, is the main theme of Abulafia's history. The … ), the notorious document that the Spanish read to the uncomprehending Indians before seizing their land. These …

… annexation of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Opponents of this betrayal of a sovereign and democratic nation decried “appeasement.” They questioned why Britain and France hesitated to challenge an … really premeditated collusion with the dictators to fight communism elsewhere. Had they carefully examined the …

… On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union officially lifted its blockade of West Berlin, allowing … The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949   ( ⁠https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781603440905/to-save-a-city/⁠ ) Berlin on the … ) "The Incomplete Blockade: Soviet Zone Supply of West Berlin, 1948–49" ( …

… to take action against Iraq should that nation fail to comply with UN arms inspectors, one arresting question remains unanswered: should the United … warfare would not only soothe both our allies and opponents, it would also focus Americans’ attention on the …

… Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I [Jesus] have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19 NIV). This Great Commission … commandments—among the most important of which was to love one’s neighbor (Matthew 22:39 NIV).  Cold War Christianity … in dependency-theory policies, while being dependent on money from the U.S. A black-and-white narrative necessarily …

… little surprise to any knowledgeable government or military official from either nation. Joseph Grew, the American … is whether it is to our advantage to have that showdown sooner or have it later.” U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt … the bay, devoid of protective torpedo nets, without combat watches on duty, and lacking accessible ammunition, …