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… heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … 15.  The Arab states, sensing failure, employed economic measures to attack Israel. On October 17, Arab oil producers … percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an …

… but were the stories of these neighboring regions and peoples as disconnected as history books imply? In Empires of … separated peoples with the "Central Eurasian Cultural Complex." The crucial element of the Complex is the ruler … and recovery of  Central Eurasia. But who is to predict the future of Central Eurasia? In any case, Beckwith is to be …

… Muslim states, a vague formulation that would nevertheless be important in the postwar period. With this … 1939 to over two million in 1945 (64). This process was accompanied by considerable growing pains. Indian troops … of India through the British Empire in Asia, it is somewhat surprising that Raghavan does not spend more time on India’s …

… Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. In addition to completing the monumental  King Era Trilogy , Branch has … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … mounted a campaign against that. That's exactly the opposite of what you would hope a university would do, which is …

… ; follows with numerous state campaigns, court battles, and petitions to Congress; and culminates in the … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … across national borders allowed suffrage movements to overcome political marginalization and hostility in their own …

… profession, but one with a keen eye toward the historical—completes his trilogy chronicling the rise of what has been … Consensus , the first in the series, won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history, and The New York Times … filled with hubris. Grassroots conservatives are also too sure of themselves, too eager to “reclaim” their America …

… are Hindus (more than 1 billion people), with Muslims comprising the next most populous group at 15%. First-time … refugees heading to Pakistan. The Congress had promoted measures to protect religious minorities in terms of marriage … them to suggest that Nehru and the Congress lacked the requisite strength to run a nation, while the war against …

… Although he died more than 50 years ago, his life and work command more attention now than ever before. Many of his … dozen books, hundreds of articles, several plays, and exquisite poetry. In all of his work, he called for a commitment … new constitutions, instead, pinned their hopes for their future on the “white wage”—the advantage that being white, …

… into two separate, independent states. The violence that accompanied partition, which led to the death of up to a … years after partition, such as this convoy at Balloki, Kasur in 1954. While the terrible violence abated after 1950, … were created, and to imagine more hopeful collective futures. To learn more about oral history stories from 1947, …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … the Fair Housing Act, the third important civil-rights measure of the Sixties, the publication of the Kerner … the same time and leave it at that. There are ways, nonetheless, to try to apprehend the entire picture, though doing …

… grants, elderly poor assistance, and unemployment insurance. Administered by local politicians throughout the … When Affirmative Action Was White concludes with the recommendation that contemporary American policymakers deal … over affirmative action will diminish in the near future. When Affirmative Action Was White offers much for …

… he worked on the project as his time allowed, employing telescopic photography and mathematical calculations.  Initially, he focused on comet and meteor predictions, but he later turned to … planet, Tombaugh grew increasingly excited as he measured its position and cross-checked a backup set of plates …

… first used the term in English, but “influenza” was not a commonly used term in England until the 1782 pandemic. 2. … a German physician named Richard Pfeiffer began to take samples of nasal discharge from his patients. From these samples … commonly distributed as an anti-influenza public health measure during the 1918-1919 pandemic. The 1918-1919 pandemic …

… and the Equal Rights Amendment being well on its way to becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. But it was … of women who directly opposed the redefining of women's roles in society that the feminist movement, radical … The anti-feminist, the conservative women, put a lot of pressure on their representatives—on their mostly male …

… depicting the Mahdist War (1881-1899). The Sudanese peoples were masters of their own fate for one brief period in … coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the … westernmost region of Sudan, began. In February, Darfuri insurgents launched an attack on the government, which …

… to monarchy.  A republic would be built on the principles of “republicanism,” a set of virtues that in the 18th century included the selflessness to put the common good above special interests. Only a few (men) could … poll taxes, and intimidation . These discriminatory measures reflected persistent republican notions that only some …