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… to expand NATO is based on an outdated crusade against communism, a crusade launched against the Soviet Union in … not only unnecessary, it is based on devotion to past anti-communist cliches. In addition, based on the experience of … wants its neighbor Slovenia to join NATO. France, a second Mediterranean power, supports Italy. Since Romania has …

… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … construct Native American groups. Stage 2 introduced a “competency” policy wherein those who were deemed “competent” were released from 25-year trust period on …

… Paul Bremer's only concern. Even those areas that were most amenable to the U.S. invasion because of their … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … down its current burden anytime soon, but it can begin immediately to share that burden with international …

… Paul Bremer's only concern. Even those areas that were most amenable to the U.S. invasion because of their … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … down its current burden anytime soon, but it can begin immediately to share that burden with international …

… the belief of nations that they can limit the scope of armed conflict, events historically have often spun out of … of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along what would become the great Western Front, a series of trenches extending … World War I anticipated the toll it ultimately would take. Most assumed that whatever conflict occurred would be over …

… luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … to rebuild it – continuously. Monticello was a construction site for decades. He installed French three-part stacking … parlor. He took down the second story and added a dome to complete the perfectly proportioned facade that looks out at …

… They argue that the Monica Lewinsky matter would never have come up save for the lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. … further linked Senator Barry Goldwater, America’s foremost conservative politician, whom many expected to be … Democrats. In the 1980 election, President Jimmy Carter claimed that even his daughter Amy believed that “nuclear …

… the first stage of the air war against the Taliban regime completed, the United States now enters a more difficult and dangerous phase of combat. Repeatedly, President Bush has warned that the fight … have dominated the discussion to date. Pearl Harbor was the most popular — and misleading — analogy to emerge in the …

… that has raged ever since. Apologizing for slavery has become such a controversial issue not only because few understand what it will accomplish, but also because even more than 130 years after … C. Kashatus's is a writer for the History News Service. His most recent book is "Money Pitcher: The Tragedy of Indian …

… clandestine program. India and Pakistan are border rivals armed with nuclear weapons and Israel is believed to possess … country tested its first atomic bomb. Other nations were almost certain to follow China’s lead and build their own … Lyndon Johnson ordered a task force, the Gilpatric Committee (named after its chairman, former deputy defense …

… and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … the United Nations over the Iranian nuclear program should come as no surprise. The further the American quest to … on the Iranian regime, Russia has been one of Tehran’s most reliable business partners. The Iranian nuclear …

… intervention in Iraq, like that in South Vietnam, seems almost certain to end in failure. Hadley’s memorandum provides … or at least contain the Viet Cong but could not rally non-Communist South Vietnamese behind it, prompting the United … letting Maliki control more Iraqi troops, indicating that most of them are now under American command. The suggestion …

… the economic crisis ripples through the world, some liberal commentators say that the only solution to it is a … Now is the time to start. The New Deal of the 1930s aimed to give every American "a margin of security against the … Deal at home has created a floor of economic security for most Americans. And it has given them the purchasing power …

… signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … the Tibetan state were used. The terms of the agreement claimed that Tibet sought Chinese protection from imperialist … countries have engaged in armed conflict over the borders, most recently in May 2020 when the PLA and the Indian army …

… and from the 17th through the 19th centuries guns transformed life for Native Americans in a variety of ways and … them and Euro-Americans saying “Indian polities used commercial and military leverage to shape these … some Indians, these thundersticks were associated with the most fearsome of natural elements and embodied the awesome …

… that “judicious conduct,” in the best sense of those words, comes from judges insulated from popular emotions. The … over rulings that aroused public passions. This view seemed settled by 1805, when the Senate refused to remove … indictment, with impeachment impending. The fifth case was most controversial because before Judge Alcee Hastings’ …

… who died for his country during World War II has inflamed tension between China and Japan. When Bush gets to … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the … circulate. Chinese and Western tales of the Boxers diverge most sharply concerning the events that followed the lifting …

… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo … the theory. Thus, on February 26, the Inquisition’s most authoritative cardinal, Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), …

… “The breath of the tens of thousands of people jammed against one another rose up in a white cloud so thick … pardoned or remitted the sentences of prisoners whom had committed minor offenses. As they worked to dismantle … reign. Rubenstein makes it clear that many countries, but most particularly the United States and its recently …

… and relying on military superiority and instead find common ground with its adversaries. In October 1962 Kennedy … August 7, 1964, which authorized the president’s use of “armed force” in Vietnam. When Johnson introduced hundreds of … concluded that the Vietnam War was a civil war, that “the most effective nationalist movement is …

… rebellions on its borders. Rebellions were inevitable. Like most imperialists, the Romans believed they were forging a … the Romans had paved for their own armies to travel. If war comes, Iraq will be using the computers and cell phones and radar it got from the United …