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Cover of The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union by Serhii Plokhy

"The Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the Century"

Review of The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union, by Serhii Plokhy (New York: Basic Books, 2014)
… shaped by the Soviet Union’s ethnic patchwork. The watershed event was the three-day coup in August 1991. …
Cover image of ibook - ruins in the Middle East

Middle Eastern Politics & Culture: Today & Yesterday

… the book also examines both the tense and essential role of water resources in the region and the core importance of … 1 2 15 28 40 51 63 75 88 101 112 115 116 117 120 Chapter 2: Water and the Middle East Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring … to Washington in November 2015, he arrived amidst a low-water mark in U.S.-Israeli relations. He also left a country …
Mexican flag in a square

A Postcard from Mexico City

… Originally red, it was dedicated to the goddess of water and fertility. The Pyramid of the Sun stands at about …
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks book cover.

The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain

Review of The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006)
… have become mainstays in political reportage. From Watergate to "nannygate," Iran-Contra to Monica Lewinsky, Halliburton to Whitewater and cocaine busts and teenage drinking, political …
Chinese manufactured goods, like this jar from the Ming dynasty, were highly desired trade items.

Borne by the Waves: The Ocean’s Role in Global Trade

Review of The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans, by David Abulafia (Oxford University Press, 2019)
… two examine the interconnections among these bodies of water after 1492. This organization keeps the book’s length …
This is the third Strasbourg astronomical clock which is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was built in 1843, the first clock was built 1352-1354.

Paleotechnic Machines in the Middle Ages

Review of Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art, by E.R. Truitt (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)
… period. These medieval machines included mechanical water and steam powered clocks, mechanical knights and …
Iceberg, St. Lunaire.

A Postcard from Newfoundland

… In 1497, Venetian explorer John Cabot declared that the waters off the coast Newfoundland were so rich with cod that …
President Reagan in February 1985.

Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?

… after the triple blows to the American psyche of Vietnam, Watergate and an economic crisis that lingered into the …
In order, India’s Indira Gandhi, Pakistan’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

After Midnight

Review of Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition, by John Keay (New York: Basic Books, 2014)
… , begins in these same mangroves, where the maze of waterways serves as a metaphor for the subcontinent’s …
Napoleon, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Frederick William III and Queen Louise of Prussia in Tilsit.

The Global Reach of the Napoleonic Wars

Review of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, by Alexander Mikaberidze (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)
… battles, such as Austerlitz, Trafalgar, Borodino, and Waterloo , all occurred either in Europe or close to it. But …