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… eventually require U.S. military intervention. Speaking off the record, one of President Barack Obama's top advisers … relations between the United States and Iran have been complicated and edgy as long as anyone can remember. … April 1980 that literally crashed and burned in the desert 300 miles southeast of Tehran, killing 8 American GI's and …

… Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships. Just … The following day, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed off an upgraded nuclear submarine likely capable of … loans disbursed over a decade, as well as an additional $300 million in loans for private trust. Japan’s payments …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … a tension between those two goals. And the rhetoric of U.S. officials suggests that they were trying to use the U.S. … is in British India. So that's what sets the stage by the 1930s where you start to have these government companies that …

… elections have resulted in a new president-elect. Joe Biden will occupy the White House, in part because much of the … model. These multilateral bodies allowed Washington officials to portray self-interested policies as altruistic during the ideological competition of the Cold War. But these institutions and …

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's … countries suddenly collapsed. A host of countries threw off the reins of one political system and grasped a new one. …

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … includes plenty of millionaires . The Congressional Budget Office offered this analysis of household income shortly … earners have increased their share of wealth over the past 30 years, largely through increased compensation for the …

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … Kuznetsov actually carries about nine and it can have about 3000 sailors on it. But it really didn't do very much and …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the … America’s position in the Asia-Pacific. National security officials weigh their options: to pass resolutions in the … the three nuclear powers then in Moscow should make all 130 countries in the United Nations General Assembly sign and …

… In February 1917, the 300-year reign of the Romanov dynasty ended. Eight months … as the establishment of the Soviet Union upended the global order. To mark the 100-year anniversary of the Russian … Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …

… point it had not attacked America or its citizens directly. Officials in both the FBI and the CIA were tracking the … but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … leaders. Many of the missiles exploded just across the border in Pakistan . The Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in …

… take us to war against Iraq. But a policy of war and empire will only bring us the fate the Romans suffered: more … the Roman approach: overwhelming military force.Ý It is now official U.S. policy "to dissuade potential adversaries from … the Romans had paved for their own armies to travel. If war comes, Iraq will be using the computers and cell phones and …

… members of the Standing Rock Reservation and their allies against the Dakota Access Pipeline coninues, History Talk … Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … for lands they had ceded. And over the course of about 30 years, it paid out about $800 million in claims I'll be …

… the “not guilty” verdicts in the case of four police officers charged in the beating of African American motorist … Autopsy.”  New Left Review  197 (1993): 3–28. Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, “Report of … Riots  (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013). Webster, William H., and Hubert Williams. “The City in Crisis: A …

… Afghanistan. This is just the beginning; more ground forces will follow. The limited air strikes the United States … has concluded that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is complicit because it harbors al-Qaida. But will an American … Today the United States can isolate Afghanistan and cut off its supplies. Afghanistan was not isolated in its …

… spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … communicate that Tallmadge devised. Townsend ran a coffee shop and joined a Tory militia to preserve his cover. He … revealed over 100 covert operations and betrayed more than 30 spies working for the CIA and other Western intelligence …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Election 2020: Insights from History" coming to you … historic about this election? And what insights can history offer us to make sense of the current state of American … contested elections of all kinds of stuff going back 20 to 30 years. And so, I guess what I would say is that we know …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … type of propaganda. In the East and West alike, the goal of official cultural programs was to, quote, "pour ideas and … celebration of an important national anniversary in 1981, 1,300 years since the establishment of the medieval Bulgarian …

… Nixon and Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 1980s.  As we will see, the development of the US drug war was deeply … we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930 to 1962, and today widely regarded as the first “drug …

… how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone by … good example is the most recent appointment to the Archbishop of Chicago, a guy named Blaze Cupich, who was formerly …

… inspired by the World War II-era “Pinks-and-Greens.” As the official guidelines proudly proclaim : “The Army wore the … in meeting recruiting goals. Old and New Uniforms in Comparison: Modern-day reenactors (left and center) wearing … itself. With its rhetoric of making America “great again,” the political context of the Trump administration …

… guided by ideology. Why? If ideas and ideologies help us to order and explain the world, often serving as rationales for … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is … Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to "How does ideology drive US foreign relations?" …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … Israel. (Photo: Avi Ohayon and the Government Press Office) Such a deadlock, in which no political camp could … fact dominated Zionist politics in the Yishuv as early as 1930 with the establishment of the powerful Mapai (Land of …

… remains today one of the best known campaigns of the war. Code named Operation Overlord, it was a battle marked by its … thousand casualties on the first day of the invasion. To commemorate the battle, Origins offers ten of the most important things to know about the …