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… William Colby has become a more or less forgotten figure in the turbulent … Vietnam. The South Vietnamese regime headed by Ngo Dinh Diem was problematic from the American perspective. Because … policies of the Ngo government. They urged Diem to adopt some sort of popular program to counter that …

… in Iran (1953), Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala (1954), Ngo Dinh Diem in Vietnam (1963) and Salvador Allende in Chile (1973). … support for opponents of the local regime. The overthrow of Diem began our descent into the hellish quagmire of the … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In …

… relations between the United States and Iran have been complicated and edgy as long as anyone can remember. … world" that Iran would prevent such atrocities in the future. Although the Shah of Iran was insulted by Uncle … satisfy the Royal Navy's rapidly expanding appetite for diesel fuel by pumping oil from the world's largest refinery …

… director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. I've written a little bit on Cuba. My most important … of takeaway question, what does the past tell about the future in this case? That is, can we use past relations, … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and …

… It would be a "crazy project," as Erdogan and the public coined it. Turks imagined : Could it be a cultural center … on the Bosporus—a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers … history—Turkey's founding as a nation-state in 1923—and its future centennial celebrations in the next decade. Said …

… and anger are settling into a cold rage against whoever committed the atrocity and those who may be sheltering the … lesson to those who might contemplate such acts in the future. Recent history suggests, however, that even massive … weapons. At what point should we retaliate? When a million die in Boston or Seattle from a nuclear blast? The same …

… came into Mediterranean ports by ship. But, it is also becoming clear that small pools of plague had been established … rural and urban: the daughter of King Edward III of England died of the plague in the summer of 1348. But quickly—at … survived the plague, her children tended to survive; if she died, they died with her. In the late 1340s, news of the …

… Speaker's Note: Matt Goldish would like to add a more complete response to one of the questions asked him after … Jewish-Christian intellectual relations and Sephardic studies. Matt has a B.A. from the University of California Los … afflicted girls. So, we don't know much about them in the future but it's interesting that whoever asked that …

… cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … four or eight years but rather several decades into the future.   Obama seems to be grasping this fact in ways that … opportunity to self-destruct.   It cannot be entirely coincidental that the Obama administration has spoken often …

… August 22, 1485, King Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485) died fighting in the Battle of Bosworth Field. The victor, … the titular role, albeit placing the king 500 years in the future and acting as a fascist dictator.  This fascination, … son of York and was also Edward’s brother.  But when Edward died in April of 1483, he left two young sons (both under …

… August 19, 14 CE, the most influential man in Roman history died. Augustus began his career by fomenting a civil war, … forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. … of what common Romans might have thought, surely, the soldiers who died with gashes in their thighs or fractured …

… revolution, such a proposition was not far-fetched. It was common sense that government should rest on the consent of … about the newcomers, the nature of citizenship, and the future of democracy in America. Non-citizens work in every … the laws that govern citizens, serve in the military and die defending the United States. Their numbers are …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … the significance of Israeli-Palestinian relations to the future of the region, the issue was almost absent from … ideology at the time was that of the melting pot, a phrase coined by Zionist activist Israel Zangwill in a 1909 play …

… wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid to the Afghan government. … the insurgency. There is also the challenge of heading off future humanitarian emergencies by establishing food … to building a food reserve within India to cope with future emergencies. The Indian minister of agriculture …

… has been characterized by friction, contradictions, and competing visions of the goals of union. The most recent … of values.” The celebration of shared values and a common future was nevertheless lukewarmly greeted by the 42 percent … local policy decisions remained in the hands of national bodies, many of these tensions could be debated in the …

… superpower status. Its narrowing, unstable economy has become dependent on the export of a single commodity: energy. … around 12 km from the accident site. In this animation, diesel oil is visible in the Ambarnaya River on both May 31 … identifiable in crimson red. Just recently, 20,000 tons of diesel fuel leaked from the Norilsk thermal power plant into …

… to everyday and intimate forms of violence. Their foot soldiers have asserted the right to assault men and women whom … program of political action that would lead to a more just future than what was on offer in Moscow or Washington. The … apparatus was a crucial step. They published a website in the late 1990s but soon abandoned it, preferring …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient … for the first time in the history of the city to prevent future fires. Buildings had to be built with ground floors …

… orchestrated. Governor Andrew Cuomo and the medical community praised Lindsay. She was a healthcare hero . … procedures and completed follow-up paperwork. When the men died, Rivers encouraged their families to allow Tuskegee … (known as HeLa cells) were taken without her consent and studied in laboratories, and the forced sterilization of Black …

… invited three historians to discuss the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment, and how it fits into … professor of History and director of the American Studies program, specializing on gender, women, and science.   … Hamlin  Sure. So the legal scholar, Kimberlé Crenshaw, coined the phrase in a 1987, I think, article, where she …

… impresionante, la ciudad de Oaxaca ofrece vistas de la compleja historia de México. En 1521, Hernán Cortés mando a … a la izquierda se ven niños de edad escolar practicando el futbol; a la derecha una demuestra de la danza tradicional.  … Guerra Mundial, no habían muchas carreteras modernas que dieran servicio a los confines del sur del país. Asta hoy en …

… have been levelling their ire with deadly consequences at comedians whose work they have deemed to be blasphemous or … was kidnapped and murdered in September 1995, while Dorbane died when a bomb that militants had placed near the offices … threats on numerous occasions prior to his murder. In the future, humorists and especially cartoonists might prove …