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… the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The comparison is appropriate. In both cases an attack without … As in 1941, the event has united Americans behind calls for military action. Politicians and journalists now speak … more so because this time the incursion would likely be halfway around the world rather than across the U.S. border. …

… the Soviet Union—the four major Allied powers—had worked together, at times with great difficulty, to bring 22 former … from its worst impulses—how to create a new international community based on “respect for the human person” and belief … explained where the judges and the prosecutors had parted ways. The Tribunal had rejected the prosecution’s argument …

… Film Institute ranks the film as the third best American comedy ever made and the 39th best film overall. It would be … started by the insane General Jack Ripper, and of the efforts of the American and Russian governments to prevent the … masculine prowess, continually seeing nuclear war as a way to one-up the communists, even if it costs “no more than …

… The United States has sent special forces, along with British special forces, into Afghanistan. … has concluded that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is complicit because it harbors al-Qaida. But will an American … Stacy Bergstrom Haldi teaches international relations at Gettysburg College. She is the author of "Why Wars Widen: A …

… If Sonia Sotomayer, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, joins the court she will turn its … who remained on the court. This dramatic change in the composition of the Supreme Court can be traced to the … protection of equal rights.   The case could go all the way to the Supreme Court, raising questions about the …

… the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power for the first time in more than 500 years.  The Restoration … very similar to the beginning of the Meiji Period, when the way forward was unclear … It would therefore be beneficial … Assistance.  “As the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, Japan built itself into a country …

… administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … newly-founded Palestinian Liberation Organization, helped sway Prime Minister Eshkol to move from a defensive to an … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …

… and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating … the abbots themselves. By the close of the book, one gets the impression that Richard and Mathieu should be … to their monarchs, other aspects of their lives fall away. Occasionally Jordan will open up a line of analysis …

… troops to Afghanistan? Most likely.   Experts will argue forever about whether the Vietnam War was a lost cause. But … Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. If Vietnam fell to the Communists, they argued, so too would the rest of Asia. … heeds Johnson’s example, he will do all he can to avoid getting trapped by a fixed idea. He must continue to appear …

… Coming to terms with the American Civil War is no easy task. … about many of the war's other legacies, including a transformed federal government, a shift away from an agricultural slave-labor economy towards … Review of The War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters , by James …

… As a result, the United States and China are trying to force North Korea to abandon plans to develop and export … Pearl Harbor. But rather than backing off the United States committed itself to war. In the case of North Korea, though, … military confrontation, and the needs would be far greater. Getting North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il to accept aid on …

… spirit and with a large gesture invite an enemy to become an angel without further preparation or a flying … and other stripes and variations of the type. They were forest-dwelling tribes living in square-built log houses … of Bohemia, known as the Estates, began to plot a way of unseating Ferdinand as Holy Roman Emperor and replace …

… beyond the myth of the first Thanksgiving, exploring the complicated politics that came to dominate a world created … a mutually beneficial, if somewhat unstable, relationship. For the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag provided lessons in survival … be overcome; however, efforts to avert tensions were not always successful. The Pequot War of 1637 was a devastating …

… has been on the substance-climate change-that the format of the meeting has been overlooked. Yet in diplomacy, … of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … Many end up being talking shops, producing little in the way of results.   This is in part because most of the …

… in a deliberative republic, in which dispassionate, informed, independent Electors — members of a unique … With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next … paralyzed United States. Robert M. Saunders is a visiting Fulbright professor of American history at Hong …

… What happens when the world’s largest Communist country launches its first cosmonaut into orbit … administration, restricted financially by the growing budget deficits it has created, will correctly argue that … At least as important, cooperation in space may pave the way for stronger technical ties and minimize the growing …

… from its platform, the varied “swarm of people” observed together what Louis-Sebastien Mercier declared “the most … of balloonists’ celebrity or infamy, and the seamless way in which she interweaves numerous images into these … of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime. …

… A commemorative 1965 Iraqi stamp marking the 45th anniversary … during the First World War . The popular uprising brought together Sunnis and Shi'is , elites and commoners, city … isolated British military outposts and destroy vital railway lines. These incursions continue to shape public memory …

… this year alone), only $1 billion more than previously budgeted. Sending a heavy satellite into Earth orbit costs tens … millions of dollars, or approximately $10,000 a pound. By comparison, sending a 180-pound history professor across the … the new human missions. America is shortchanged in two ways by the Bush policy. First, by not focusing on reducing …

… hard to fit into the nation’s triumphalist mythology. For one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … the economy, and what we think of as the classic American way of life emerged: ¬free, capitalistic, individualistic, …

… a battle fought here at home. The advocates of containing communism clearly defeated those led by General Douglas … status quo. We mobilize our forces to prevent change. We forget how to think about constructive initiatives that might … it can imagine is an impoverished society. It has no way to pursue, or even consider, new possibilities for …

… Arizona. The provisions of this act are intended to work together to discourage and deter the unlawful entry and … Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and others had already commenced litigation. As summarized by the United States in … immigrant families; and a local desire literally to drive away unwanted newcomers—all of these impulses, evident in …