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An MP looking north from South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone, 2008.

The War That Never Ended: The Legacy of the Korean War

… forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them north of the … all its successes, still sees itself under threat from a communist menace.  The Legacy of the War on North Korea  … forces. The supposed greatness and bravery of Kim Il Sung singlehandedly led the DPRK to victory against the U.S. …
Neil Armstrong stands by the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the first walk on the moon in 1969.

Fly Me to the Moon

… made the moon landing possible not only speaks to his singular humility—a trait on full display in the recent … Taskforce on February 1, 2016. That achievement has since become a benchmark in American culture. The expression “if we … a question about why America has not achieved a goal less complicated than traveling to another celestial body. Calls …

The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … of the most visible avenues through which the international community responded to the all-white National Party … glued to their television sets as the world's largest single-sport event, the Fédération Internationale de …
Sacred Gods at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

A Postcard from the Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hawai‘i

… , or Hawaiian ruling class. Children, the elderly, and non-combatants could also find peace and shelter within a … Pā Puʻuhonua (Great Wall), a 400-year-old structure built using dry-set masonry, is one of the park’s most impressive … of Hawaiʻi’s royal family—purchased the land that would become Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historic Park that year …
Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.

Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy

… the United States and European Union began to levy increasingly damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … one of the most visible effects of sanctions to date, major companies left Russia. Multinational giants such as …
Tanks and soldiers in parade in Pyongyang

North Korea: The Myth of a Hermit Kingdom

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … North is virtually cloaked in darkness. This image has become a symbol of the stark differences between the two … Chosŏn Dynasty, or Yi Dynasty is, is actually the longest single surname dynasty in the history of human civilization. …
Harry Beck’s London Underground Railway map, designed in 1931 and released to the public in 1933.

All Aboard!: A Train Ride through the British Twentieth Century in 100 Maps

Review of A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps, by Tim Bryars and Tom Harper (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014)
… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for … about to take. Most of these maps have never been reprinted since their first publications. They illuminate how the … in the world. The bloody 1900 Boer War and increased competition with the Germans over railroad and maritime …

China Dreams and the “Road to Revival”

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would become a signature moment in his young leadership. Later known … entered popular use before Xi’s speech, “China Dream” has since become a lynchpin in Xi’s ideological platform. On …
Tiger

Caged: Humans and Animals at the Zoo

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … your other host Brenna Miller. Around the world zoos have become a mainstay weekend attraction more popular than even … same ecosystem in the wild were displayed together in one single enclosure to make it look realistic or naturalistic. …

The Year of Africa

… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” among … an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component of African independence stories. It eventually …
Flag of the People's Republic of China

With Enemies Like These…

… as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob Costas during his coverage of the Olympics, to the Sino-Japanese dispute last fall over which country had the … Eisner, are individuals who otherwise have little in common. Nonetheless, looking back over the last twelve …
Crowd photo at the 2017 Women's March in Washington DC

The Way We Never Were (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 1)

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … women, has been a persistent narrative in American politics since the turn of the 20th century, when men who opposed … Trump. Think pieces blossomed overnight, denouncing the complicity and betrayal of white women to the feminist …

Clampdown and Blowback: How State Repression Has Radicalized Islamist Groups in Egypt

… and to oust elected Islamists from government would increasingly be met with violence and a shift of Islamic groups to … that the man’s predictions for the future of Egypt may be coming true. Since the coup that ousted Morsi, the Egyptian … al-Minya which left one police officer dead. (A judge later commuted all but 37 of the sentences to time in prison; …
Glacial melt from Myrdalsjökull glacier in the south (jökull means glacier in Icelandic). Note the alluvial cones formed by volcanic ash and sediment.

A Postcard from Reykjavik: Iceland’s Volcanic History

… been interwoven with human history. Although the data are incomplete, over 170 volcanic eruptions have been recorded in Iceland since the 10 th century. Roughly 50 have occurred within the … from the Ring Road; Iceland's Ring Road, Highway 1, was completed in 1974 and circles the island in an 828 mile …
George W. Bush at the White House in 2003.

Can Bush out-Hoover Hoover?

… the fact that she thought he had “showed himself to be a complete idiot. “Why?” the perplexed reporter inquired. … of voters will value consistency above even wisdom or common sense. The whole Bush campaign seems to be centered … have played that card in many presidential elections since 1932 by reminding voters that the economy plunged into …

(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

… they had paid off the mortgage on the home they had owned since the late 1970s. With equal fanfare, my father took out … lucky. Their ability to afford their monthly payments was compromised first by the falling market, then by mortgages … that has never been able to effectively cope with low-income homeowners who have been typically women, racial and …

Erdoğan’s Presidential Dreams, Turkey’s Constitutional Politics

… challenge the ideological basis of the Turkish Republic since its founding in 1923: the uncompromising secularism of the first Turkish president, … Mustafa Kemal Atatürk . Although Erdoğan insists that he is committed to secularism, he has won the hearts of millions …
Ivan Aivazovsky, a Native of Feodosia, Crimea, is known as one of Russia's greatest painters, and one of the world's best at seascapes. The Battle of Sinop (Russian and Turkish Navies), 1853

Top Ten Origins: Stories from Crimea

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, … peoples who inhabited the steppe north of the coast, combined forces with the Ottoman Empire and expelled the … and one of the world's best at seascapes. The Battle of Sinop (Russian and Turkish Navies), 1853 In 1853, Russia …
In Mauritania, Aissata Abdoul Diop shows how the maize ears have dried in the drought stricken garden, 2012. 

Hunger Is Not Eradicated: The Food Crisis in Africa

Since the 1950s, there have been dramatic decreases in the … history.”  The phrase “ global polycrisis ” captures the complexity of events driving up world hunger over the past … current hunger crisis and population growth is indirect and complicated, but the situation in Africa looks more direct. …
The South Korean flag in Seoul, South Korea.

The Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun and the Patterns of South Korean Politics

… politics seem especially chaotic for outside observers.  Since its founding in 1945, the ROK has had more than 70 … different parties have gained the 20 seats necessary to become a “negotiation group”—a parliamentary caucus that holds … towards the president or the party leader, are the most common cause of this cycle of division and integration.  …
Andrés Manuel López Obrador in front of Mexican flag

"Juntos Haremos Historia": AMLO and Mexico's Fourth Transformation

… Obrador (a.k.a.AMLO) rode to the presidency in 2018 by promising Mexico "juntos haremos historia" ("together we will … Lauren Henry  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together … AMLO, represents a seat change in Mexican politics. Since the Mexican Revolution, He is only the third president …

History, Memory, and the Art of Protest in Belarus

… . Alexander Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus since 1994 and recently claimed victory in a fraudulent … Sweden, larger than the three Baltic republics (PDF File) combined, and larger than Austria. It would be the 11 th … Belarusian nationhood followed this path, the imagined community of Belarus, more than any other European country, …