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… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … captured from fleeing columns were transported to detention sites in schools and warehouses in towns and villages nearby … killings, Bosnian Serb forces attempted to hide their crimes by reburying the bodies in secondary graves scattered …

… Rappaport's narrative can be divided into three main themes. The first introduces the reader to the revolutionary … Ilya Nikolaevich, was "a conscientious public servant loyal to his czar" (12), yet five of his six children would … and which the young Lenin read five times (14).  Lenin's commitment to activism strengthened in college, first at …

… lockstep with him.   Obama’s choices might also inspire comparisons to Abraham Lincoln. By the beginning of … two members of his original cabinet had departed — sometimes involuntarily. And what happened in Lincoln’s cabinet is … conservatives within a party might, yet generally they were loyal to the Republican Party and, as it evolved during the …

… often from Saturday to Monday (3). Rather than the site of an ancestral seat, or a place from which the landed … instance, crossed the Atlantic and settled in England, becoming members of the English aristocracy and elite British … estate owners in the interwar years created it. Money poured into the country estates, creating fresh …

… War on Drugs intersected with the Cold War by examining domestic politics in Thailand and Mexico during the 1960s and … and Mexico   Brionna Mendoza Previously on Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's …

… history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … on the island of Luzon, Spanish conquistadors colonized the site. Menaced by pirates and European competitors, the … fire. Meeting block-by-block resistance, U.S. forces poured shells onto the cityscape in an unabashed attempt to …

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … Graduate had it. Today's college students face the very opposite: uncertain prospects in a capricious world. Many, I … of consumption with the first cell phone and the first credit card; pushes them into colleges that no longer …

… bring us first-hand stories of how the Great War is being commemorated across the globe. Brenna Miller joined us from … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … War I's beginning that you mentioned that you that you visited some of the events and Sarajevo has it received much …

… is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … problem; the boundless faith that they could make bounty pour forth from even the most arid lands; the ruination of … water supply in Sydney, the Tank Stream, quickly became a site of contention—and disastrously polluted—as local elites …

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … his hostile, selfish, and irreverent hands … and with the credit won as a mediator and guarantor, keep [Cuba] for … curb Cuban policies. On the contrary, it produced the opposite effect, and served further to deepen the estrangement. …

… civilians in Punjab were shot by British soldiers under the command of the now infamous “Butcher of Amritsar.” British … public gatherings. In this way, the British Raj could take credit for bringing democracy to India while cracking down … disabled me from tendering, as I have hitherto tendered, my loyal cooperation.” The loss of Gandhi’s cooperation was not …

… and lesser men. While African American soldiers and communities protested these conditions, the small size of … recognized that the opportunity to serve would demonstrate loyalty to their country. Their patriotism, however, did not … an imperfect reflection of American society and viewed as a site of inclusion and opportunity for Black people and other …

… in, some of them to work off debts. Magellan’s second-in-command was the Spanish overseer and accountant, Juan de … of the death of Magellan (left) ; a plaque in Cebu commemorating the site of Magellan's death, Philippines (right). Raja Humabon, … Indigenous Communities …

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … visitors to co-host South Korea, the identical number who visited the country in the same period during the preceding … South Africans who possess both the internet access and credit card necessary to procure lower-priced match entry. …

… in biomedicine in recent years. Three of our “deadly companions.” Poliovirus ( left ), Influenza ( center ), and … education, and faith. A house in Des Moines, Iowa sharing messages of encouragement to passing cars during the Stay at … a record 12 to 18 months. A drive through COVID-19 testing site in Louisiana, 2020. To date the fastest vaccine …

… It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … War II. In the aftermath of this global war, the Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh sought political independence from … to destroy military targets, which include military sites or the manufacturing, transportation, and …

… When Idi Amin, commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in Uganda on 25 … putatively socialist economic policies had become widely discredited. As a result, Amin’s declaration that Obote had … was chaotic, with atrocities carried out by individuals loyal to him and thus acting beyond what remained of the …

… Gaul, or today’s Emilia Romagna—the statesman and accomplished general Julius Caesar crossed the little Rubicon … which ended with Caesar’s victory—and enabled Caesar to become, essentially, the sole ruler of the Roman state . … autocrat making demands and amassing an army that was too loyal for their comfort. Caesar was to some degree …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … relations through the lens of religion or through its opposite, secularism. Conflict between these one-or-the-other … "foundations" lay at the root of the hostilities—and sometimes opens violence—directed by American Protestants against …

… beautifully produced. Vivid photographs and footage were combined with informative and entertaining commentary by … Trade Center. The Wilson who lived vitally within his times was a man worth learning about. But we didn't get to see … converted to progressivism earlier, stating, "There was no credit to come in when I came in. The whole nation had …

… on Drugs, it isn’t colonial China or Japan or Mexico that comes to mind…it's the United States. And for good reason. … Brady Siff previously explained, California was a critical site of development for drug prohibition beginning with the … Afghan drug politics is that Afghanistan is neutral.   (credits) Brionna Mendoza This season of Prologued was …

… Zoos are some of the world’s most visited attractions. Yet they often make headlines for … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … to arcs so quickly? Has the zoo industry ever had the opposite effect?   Dr. Daniel Vandersomers   Well, it's a good …