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… Barry Goldwater of 1964. Dean should have taken the comparison seriously. Glaring parallels exist between the … election, few believed that Goldwater could successfully compete for, much less win, the Republican nomination, but … crisis, Goldwater’s bellicose Cold War rhetoric made many uneasy, as did his conservative domestic agenda, which …

… history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … became a U.S. possession. Victorious American soldiers atop a rampart in Intramuros. Later, the American … they altered place names, imposed a command economy, and gutted the American educational system. Fort Santiago, once …

… songwriters and animators utilized the suit to make commentary on American life during a time of war. Chapter … and Harlem. Understanding how a style which had once communicated a variety of meanings became tied to racial …

… (syphilis), artists explored social phenomena including commercialization, globalization, gender, race, and class. … Gallagher describes how scarring from venereal disease was compared to battlefield wounds as marks of honor, and were … Gallagher describes how scarring from venereal disease was compared to battlefield wounds as marks of honor. At the …

… never quite sure what those air assaults should or could accomplish. Though he hoped that Hanoi would abandon its … to preserve a stable South Vietnam could not be accomplished by air strikes alone.   Though President Obama's … him.   Moreover, just as Rolling Thunder signaled a U.S. commitment to South Vietnam, so Odyssey Dawn will likely be …

… on “the near absence among the men I worked with… of any comprehension of what Nazism meant.” Commentator Dwight … endangered. The New York Times reported that the typical soldier thought simply that “the war must be finished quickly … to take up his life where he left it.” Interviewing soldiers at the front, John Hersey found that they “usually …

… insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … has produced a devilish conundrum. President Bush has given Commander-in-Chief Bush unlimited wartime authority. But the … by acts of Congress. The Founding Fathers, who always come to mind when the Constitution is in danger, anticipated …

… the first few decades of the nineteenth century the dead bodies themselves became precious commodities because the dissection of human cadavers for … straight to an untapped and ever-replenishing source of bodies by killing unsuspecting victims which they quickly sold …

… to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … as its main base after being expelled from Jordan. Welcomed by Lebanon’s Muslims, the Maronites objected to their … However, a subsequent massacre of Palestinians, largely non-combatants, by a Maronite militia led to the redeployment of …

… war,” Germany’s chancellor, Theobold von Bethmann-Hollweg complained as the First World War began. The “scrap of … request authority to lead a coalition to rescue Kuwait, he complied with the Charter of the United Nations. He did so … nations declared (Feb. 18) in positive terms: “We are committed to the United Nations remaining at the center of …

… ceasefires in 1949 and 1956, they failed to resolve the complex underlying Arab-Israeli controversies over … that officials in the multi-layered U.S. government communicated a range of messages including some statements … the U.N. brokered a ceasefire on June 10—after six days of combat—the Israeli military occupied vast swaths of Arab …

… has proven itself mighty and tenacious to an international community that may have previously thought them quiet and … and fight to maintain sovereignty. The term Cossack comes from a Turkish word meaning “free man.” Their origins … late fifteenth century, and their rights as an independent community were abolished by the Russian Empire in the late …

… cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … in 1846 — under unusual circumstances, to be sure. To overcome abolitionist objections, President John Tyler resorted … might in fact take its affections elsewhere. His strategy accomplished much. Great Britain was the leading abolitionist …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the … in the early twentieth century the Christian Science Committee on Publication in New York continually scoured the … Media/Journalism/Communications …

… he would most likely recuse himself. It must have been an uncomfortable moment for both Durbin and Roberts, Catholic to … weight to this concern is the fact that Roberts will become the fourth Catholic on this Court — the largest number …

… Because of its indeterminacy?  No. Its singular distinction comes from the fact that never before have both the popular … or its official Electoral College count. This disturbing outcome may also alert the nation's voters to the real flaws in … more than twenty. What does the math show? That our 31 smallest states get a 25-percent boost in their electoral …

… showed too much sympathy for southern interests. They complained that he would not compromise with diverse and powerful political groups in the … of stubbornness relates to his position on Iraq. Bush has come under sharp criticism for responding inadequately to …

… we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … . This episode lays out the standard New Deal narrative as comprehensively as it can moving quickly through the … footage that makes clear the disability FDR had to overcome. As guarded about his disability as FDR was, it is …

… that are landmark moments in baseball’s evolution as a commercial enterprise and its adaptation to the significant … the “world’s” best baseball team (it was not the first competition labelled a “World Series,” but it was the most … in 1904, but beginning in 1905 the tradition that would become known as the “Fall Classic” occurred annually until …

… Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall … inhale the heady aromas of our new harvests; to relish the coming together, once again, of family and good friends; to … Indigenous Communities …

… arts. Beginning in 1954 at the age of thirteen Lee studied the Wing Chun style of kung fu in Hong Kong under legendary master Ip Man. From that point on, Lee studied a variety of martial arts styles, testing them out in … after Lee challenged anyone who doubted his word to come to his studio in Oakland. Russo makes his case by …

… from British colonialism on April 18, 1980. The nation commemorates this political milestone annually, with the … Zimbabwe continues to grapple with the international community over land questions, which are rooted in the … project. The Pioneer Column, a unit of British soldiers and settlers, administered the occupation of …

… party favorite and a new member of the Congressional Super Committee, wrote an op-ed in which he said that “excessive …

… some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … the Iraqi resistance have gotten the point. Saddam is never coming back, and Washington will not allow Muqtada al-Sadr, …