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A U.S. Coast Guard boat approaches a sailboat with over 90 Haitian refugees in 1988. The refugees were later returned to Haiti.

Who is responsible for the Elian Gonzalez case?

… fair to most Americans. After all, Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator. The United States had to open its doors … in the departments of history and interdisciplinary studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., and a writer for the History News Service. …
Mr. Professor by Joan Carlsson, Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

Needed: A New Deal for Academics

… on faculty hires. Suddenly, new Ph.D.s found themselves competing with a hundred or even a thousand other candidates … despondent souls at any academic conference, squirming uncomfortably in their suits and waiting — always waiting for the interview that never comes. How can we assist them? Should we even try? In an era …

The Ukrainian Crisis: In Russia's Long Shadow

… of Ukraine: Russia cannot be an empire without Ukraine and coming to terms with Ukraine’s separate nationhood is a … Both Russians and Ukrainians look back to the mighty medieval empire of Kyivan Rus′, which accepted Christianity in … Ukrainians could carve out careers in the Russian imperial service, yet their group political and cultural identity was …
Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1971.

Playing Fast and Loose with Historical Analogies

… was the reinterpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Comparing President Kennedy’s action and President Bush’s … administration lacks the kind of documentary evidence that compelled Kennedy to act. Kennedy resisted the use of force … College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943.

Weathering the Storm: Wartime Lives of Ordinary People

Review of An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler, by Peter Fritzsche (New York: Basic Books, 2016)
… failed each other.  Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, … German soldier. Fritzsche is particularly interested in comparing the French and Polish accounts about sharing space … and the pursuit of one’s self-interest. German woman overcome with emotion as she walks past victims of the German …
Rick Santorum at prayer, 2012

Rick Santorum and Fundamentalist Catholicism

… in the polls among GOP voters precisely because he is so comfortable mixing politics and religion. He presents a … the kind of bigotry American Catholics have tried to overcome. What may be less familiar is that Santorum’s brand of … President Obama of worshiping a “false theology.” Some commentators read this comment as an appeal to the birther …
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.

A New Cold War in the Caribbean?

… with his nutty words: the way the Bush administration has compromised American foreign policy and jeopardized world … Caribbean. The Navy claims it is resuscitating the fleet to combat terrorism, keep the economic sea lanes of trade free … the reactivation of the Fourth Fleet brings back uncomfortable memories of U.S. aircraft carriers, destroyers …
Courtesans such as Lilly Langtry (in this 1885 photograph) are claimed to have started utilizing underwear as tool of seduction.

Where’s that Sexy History Under There?

Review of Exposed: A History of Lingerie, by Colleen Hill (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Yale University Press, 2014)
… - mostly through means of fashion photography and short accompanying descriptions - Hill attempts to describe lingerie … and girdles. When draped over mannequins, these artifacts come to life as one flips through the pages and watches the … that also tap into the larger meaning of how women’s bodies are perceived in general society. The story of lingerie …
President George W. Bush addressing Congress in 2001 with Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Dennis Hastert standing behind him.

Wartime Powers: Lincoln’s Restraint, Bush’s Excess

… War to defend their position. Then and now they argue, the commander-in-chief during wartime has an obligation to place … Lincoln, beginning in April 1861, ordered federal soldiers to arrest active secessionists, saboteurs and … William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The Tragedy …
William Shakespeare

The Globe Theatre: Shakespeare Lost & Found

… last history play Henry VIII: Or, All is True. A volatile combination of a cheap roof and pyrotechnic effects could … below) returns to her father; the wife, Hermia, who did not die, but has been disguised as a statue, is revivified; and … of London Department of Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service, before being paved over again (now under Anchor …
Photo of Tiananmen Square from 2007.

Bombings, Blood Debts, and Mutual Suspicion

… a lengthy analysis in July 1989 explaining how the “anti-communist forces” of the capitalist world, led by the U.S. … prophetic. One after another, most of the world’s Communist governments collapsed, in an eerie reversal of the … in Edmonton, Canada, and writes for the History News Service. He lived in Hong Kong from 1987 to 1989. …
The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865 Book Cover

Play, Paranoia, and American Childhood in the Great Outdoors

Review of The Nature of Childhood: An Environmental History of Growing Up in America since 1865, by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2014)
… Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … of newspapers, periodicals, television programs, films, websites, and published works to tell her story, but she … War Two. Fear is also a significant topic in cultural studies, sociology, and psychology. For the historian of modern …
The Algerian flag.

Torture in Iraq: Lessons from Algeria

… be said, it’s shameful.” These are the words of a French soldier, Raymond Dumas, who witnessed torture during France’s … These French units exploited the unclear lines of their own command authority to act somewhat independently of the rest … Washington University, and a writer for the History News Service. …
John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club.

Conservation — An American, and Republican, Tradition

… of personal virtue, but not a sufficient basis for a sound comprehensive energy policy,” he turned his back on a major … D. Keith Naylor is an associate professor of religious studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles and a writer for the History News Service. …
An 1889 lithograph of the Historic Capitol of Tallahassee, Florida

For History’s Sake, Preserve Florida’s Presidential Ballots

… to remain an unsettled and unsettling question. In years to come, hundreds of articles and books will flow from the pens … of that state's election such as instructions and e-mail communications between the Florida secretary of state's … professional organization, and is a writer for History News Service. …
A 1963 photo of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.

In Bethlehem, Persisting Hope

… by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which abuts … and in territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River completed local elections under the supervision of … Georgia in Carrollton and a writer for the History News Service. …
Cover of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett.

Invisible Man

Review of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer , by Wendell E. Pritchett (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
… the idea of a color-blind America. Media pundits and social commentators nationwide claimed that Obama's election … success. History, however, might prove otherwise.  As we come to the end of the first decade of the twenty-first … through the Presidency, and Weaver never wavered from that commitment even when his strategy failed to make any …
Two baseballs.

Why Dick Allen Never Reached the Hall

… career home runs and his 1,119 RBIs place him in the same company as such Hall of Famers as Yogi Berra, Roy … be sure, Allen forced the white baseball establishment to come to terms with the racism that existed in the game in … William C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The Tragedy …
General Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945.

Second-Guessing Hiroshima?

… Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his … monster." In 1963 President Eisenhower, the Allied commander in Europe during World War II, recalled, as he did … judgments. Uday Hohan, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at American University who is …
Jefferson High School Marching Colonials perform on the steps of National Archives Building on Constitution Day, September 17, 1974.

Let’s Do Something Constitutional on Constitution Day

… 2, Section 2, couldn’t be clearer: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United … Military of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States.” Nowhere in this concise … there any grant of the sweeping powers now claimed for the commander in chief. Indeed, the congressional power to …
soldiers at the battle of Lincoln

King Stephen and The Anarchy: A Reign Reconsidered

… figure in Anglo-Norman society, admired by both nobles and commoners for his wealth, charm, and decisiveness.  Stephen … on Empress Matilda’s absence in Normandy when Henry I died. With support from Londoners and the Church—secured … retake London, and regain church and noble allegiance. Her commander turned the tide at the Rout of Winchester, …