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… the Paris Peace Accord. It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with … D.C. that resulted in the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. Of the Hanoi 9, I had the longest connection to …

… highly convincing. Readers with interests in Middle Eastern history, human rights, and peace studies will glean …

… to Nguyen, is that the industry of memory seeks to create a history of humanity that ignores the inhumanities which are …

… have often argued that prosperity is not a given. They say history has demonstrated that city-states do not have good … be taken for granted. Indeed, throughout its documentable history over the past seven centuries, the small island of … Singapore River. Over much of its 700 years of documentable history, the island has been part of some larger entity, …

… it seems as if the administration is collapsing the history of American political scandal down to a singularity, … outlandish and perplexing scandal in American political history had been one of the earliest: the treason case … Nixon cruised to one of the biggest landslide victories in history. Nixon’s second term, however, was immediately …

… however, may miss the point because each version of this history is so central to the collective identity of each … sat down at the same table for the first time in history. In spite of an acrimonious beginning, bilateral … will root it in decades, centuries, or even millennia of history, it is mostly a creation of the nationalism that …

… but it is an important reminder of the long and harmful history of human interaction with the influenza virus . As … influenza for decades to come. 5. The 1918-1919 Pandemic: A History by the Numbers 1918-1919 influenza mortality in the … century endured the two most important case studies in the history of infectious disease: the 1918-1919 influenza …

… Sometimes the coincidences of history are uncanny.  On Sunday, September 14, 2008, the … the conventional elements of late 19th century economic history, rather he contextualizes the use of gold with other … withdraw the paper that had flooded the economy during the Crimean War (1853-56).  Colonies, such as India under the …

… lack of strategic empathy that the careful consideration of history provides. The Legacies of the Past With the … from a neglect of the basic scheme of modern Iranian history . It disregards especially the enormous role of … the fraught relationship must therefore be informed by history and by an understanding of how Iran perceives the …

… that immigration is a hot topic. Robert L. Fleegler’s history of immigration policy provides a useful perspective … been expressed in popular culture and public policy. The history of immigration to the United States is characterized … of a more open policy in 1965. His use of school textbooks is especially helpful, because he documents the …

… and civil warfare. This is a standard narrative of African history in the post-independence era, and Crawford Young's … alone covers the most of the important works on history, economy, and politics on the African continent …

… it had outlawed both practices, and it uncovers a hidden history of depravity, hypocrisy, and willful blindness. … trade after 1807. Those interested in British or African history will find After Abolition a worthwhile read. … …

… In a small Ukrainian village last month I toured a school history museum. The principal and her museum director … proudly showed us the one room exhibition in which the history of the region was displayed in objects, images, even …

… Events in Historical Perspective brings to life the vibrant history of today’s politics and culture in the region. The … Hala, Fattah. A Brief History of Iraq. New York: Checkmark Books, 2008 Suggested Reading Marr, Phebe. The Modern … The humiliating Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca (1774) gave the Crimean Peninsula to Russia, along with passage rights …

… He is an Associate Professor in the Departments of History, Design and Educational Studies at The Ohio State … Nicholas Breyfogle (Moderator), Associate Professor of History and Director, Goldberg Center for Excellence in …

… It was the first time in Pakistan’s turbulent political history that one democratically elected government served … from a different political party. For half of its history Pakistan has been ruled by the military and … the east. When the first general election in Pakistan’s history finally took place, the Awami League won 167 of 169 …

… the Chinese state and the Uyghurs that is rooted in a history of empire and, more recently, of settler … colonialism. It is also based on competing visions of history and of who belongs to the land. Two Views of the … of Communist rule in 1949. A Different Chronology of Uyghur History The official Chinese claim is teleological and …

… political scientist Francis Fukuyama to declare the “end of history,” by which he meant the triumph of liberal … Euromaidan revolution and Russia’s subsequent annexation of Crimea , the Cold War is not a distant history. Prominent public figures in both the United States …

… other's throats because of the political and socio-economic history of the province. Nor, for all their theological … and son-in-law, was legitimate. Early in Islamic history, some Shi'i Muslims began to publicly denounce the … Islam." Iraqi Shi'is were stimulated by the appearance of books and periodicals from Istanbul and the example of …

… Memorial on the old dry dock commemorating Leith’s maritime history (right). Despite its royal connections, Leith has … is steeped in its labor roots. Today, the memory of that history is told through public art, historic preservation, … directed by Danny Boyle. This painful part of Leith’s history was immortalized in Irvine Welsh’s 1993 book …