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… quickly drew almost the entire European continent, and ultimately the world, into a conflict that would cost nearly 15 million lives and change the face of the planet for generations to come. Gavrilo Princip Legend tells that shortly before his … Former Yugoslavia …

… ripped through the barracks of the battalion landing team (BLT) of the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit at the Beirut … to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … the peacekeepers sought to transcend in Beirut but which ultimately engulfed them remain a fact of life in many …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open … way he could dispel some of the concern about his lack of foreign policy experience, one way he could make a mark on … Richard Nixon. But Nixon surprised almost everybody by visiting China and meeting with its leaders. In many ways …

… For fifty years the Soviet Union stood in the eyes of the … motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … the now-stagnant Soviet Union. It was a bold and ultimately failed effort. Gorbachev's actions wound up …

… it backed the Apollo program despite its $23 billion price tag. The Bush administration is unlikely to find the … those in the Bush administration — could find better uses for that money on earth. Even with overwhelming … He twice attempted to escape the tremendous financial commitment by promoting a joint lunar trip by the United …

… U.S.-based corporations, most infamously the United Fruit Company, used bribery and other methods to gain the support … U.S. economic interests, their shores and harbors would be visited by U.S. warships carrying legions of hated Marines … rural-based guerrilla warfare. While Sandino’s rebels would ultimately fail in their goal of achieving …

… government. Yet the protests persisted until he was finally forced from office. These events join 1964 and 1985 as … Public discontent had been building for many months over price increases for bread, medicine, and fuel; breakdowns in … coexisted with Egyptian schools, missionary schools, community schools, and Sudanese private schools. In the …

… A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when … presidential sex scandals have been more salacious but ultimately less transformative of the path of American … him that suspension of gold sales would be good for crop prices; they took the additional precautions of paying …

… of living, demonstrators soon widened their criticisms to encompass the full impact of Bashir’s three decades in power: … Henry and Eric Michael Rhodes discuss this pivotal moment for Sudan with two experts on Sudanese history and politics: … All Politics is Local: Understanding Boko Haram , Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story , …

… cult surrounding Mobutu. A crash of global copper prices in the mid-seventies also revealed the lack of … conflicts, and the disappearance of Cold War support ultimately allowed for the overthrow of the Mobutu regime by … soldiers in 2001 during U.S. Congressman Frank Wolf’s visit ( left ). Former child soldiers in Congo in the early …

… ways that few people really understand. Did you know that Team USA instructed all its athletes not to bring their … narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … more than the simple power seeker, could lead us to that ultimate of horrors, a humanity in chains of plastic tape.” …

… dying lay beneath the rubble and remains of their homes and communities, American televangelist Pat Robertson stated … Black republic caused outrage around the world and ultimately caused Haiti to become one of the most hated and … agreed to pay the French. The French government sent a team of accountants into Haiti in order to place a value on …

… Yet there's every reason to believe that the president's visit, even coupled with European sanctions, will not … With Bush's presidency close to an end, time is running out for concrete agreements between his administration and … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar …

… Watch out for George W. and his gas and oil pals. They’ve got an … Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … that supply is the problem. We don’t have enough energy, so prices must go up until we remove environmental and other …

… heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … five percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an … on the United States was profound. In the early 1970s, the price of industrial commodities was already up, materials …

… Defense Secretary Leon Panetta pressuring him — as he did former secretary Robert Gates — to review the War on Terror's combat decoration recipients and upgrade some to the Medal … 32, Roy Benavidez of Cuero, Texas. In May 1968, a 12-man team came under fire by a North Vietnamese battalion and …

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … saw some of the largest waves of refugees and most violent forced migrations in human history, especially as a result … as ethnic cleansing and, in the case of the removal and ultimate extermination of Jews from Europe, genocide . …

… War II film The film begins in April 1945, only weeks before Hitler’s suicide. As part of the 2nd Armored Division, … their way through a devastated Germany. The first major combat sequence takes place in an open field, as Collier and … wildly positive, but there was this still this incredible price the guys paid, the soldiers paid.” In important ways, …

… The consensus among many academics, journalists, and commentators is that Boko Haram is an Islamist organization … from Mali, North Africa, Egypt, and the Saharan oases visited the region of West and Central Africa known as … the formation of the Sokoto Caliphate, circa 1754-1817 The ultimate goal of the reformers was to establish a state …

… Humans weren’t around when volcanoes formed Iceland’s unique island landscapes some 20 million … been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in … of almost 10% per year since 2000. The number of annual visitors doubled between 2000 and 2010, when half a million …

… Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … adopting Latin and intermingling with the Roman colonists. Ultimately, attacks from outside tribes forced the Romans to … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and Enron were at the vanguard … such rhetoric, Enron’s government affairs and marketing teams were tapping into a deep current in American culture. …

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … their hometown. After being arrested again in 1963 while visiting relatives in Virginia, Mildred Loving wrote … 1924 mockingly “guaranteeing” a person’s racial “purity." Ultimately, county clerks served as the front line in …

… President Obama and candidate Mitt Romney take to the stage for a foreign policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear weapons are sure to come up, especially Iran’s ambitions for the bomb. But the … first. As Reagan wrote at the time, “I am committed to the ultimate attainment of a total ban on nuclear testing, a …