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Bob Campbell Photograph Of Dian Fossey Filming Orphaned Gorillas Coco And Pucker, Rwanda 1969, Bob Campbell

Gorillas in the Mist: The Life and Legacy of Dian Fossey

Fossey replaced a fallacious stereotype of a King Kong-like, violent gorilla with an almost idealized image of a gorilla that was intelligent, family-oriented and peaceful.
… Fossey’s observations of the reclusive mountain gorilla in Rwanda were detailed in her popular book Gorillas in the Mist and she worked tirelessly throughout her career to … production by Katherine Weiss, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Laura Seeger. … image of a gorilla that was intelligent, family-oriented and peaceful. …
Cover of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 by Odd Arne Westad.

Putting the Middle Kingdom in the Middle

Review of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750, by Odd Arne Westad (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… the past 250 years to offer historical insights for understanding present-day China and its possible development. Restless Empire extends the … revolutionaries, missionaries, businessmen, students, and workers, are examined and considered as the crucial … Review of Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750 , by Odd Arne Westad (New York: …
rows of skulls on a shelf

Justice for the Rwandan Genocide

On September 2, 1998, the first conviction for the crime of genocide was entered by an international tribunal.
… Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. … Rwanda … Africa … Justice for the Rwandan Genocide …
soldiers holding guns near a body of water

The Bangladesh Liberation War

December 16, 1971 marked the end of the Bangladesh Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan.
… Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan that established the People’s Republic of … Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.     … Liberation War, a short-lived conflict between India and Pakistan. …
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.

When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation

… the Civil War, people in Latin America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were convinced that … operated in underground cells, used secret codes and wreaked havoc. They attacked Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Honduras and were suspected of planning attacks …
A tractor purchased through the Marshall Plan for France.

Grand Fenwick, Afghanistan and Iraq

… having led a coalition to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan and now aiming at Iraq, the president might learn what to do with those countries by taking a break from big books and watching a funny movie. Not any funny movie, but “The … should seek now. The best American policy for Afghanistan, and one that might make an attack on Iraq more successful, …
The Dalai Lama during a visit to Boston, Massachusetts in 2017.

An Effective American Policy on Tibet?

… by demonstrators. None of them have been more strident and belligerent than those advocating Tibetan independence.  … the deification of the Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, and Hollywood’s successful romanticization of Tibet. They demand that President Clinton act forcefully to compel China to …
A Sherman tank enters Fort Santiago

The Battle for Manila

… capital of Manila lay in ruins, caught between the American and Japanese war machines of World War II . A postwar investigation concluded that only Warsaw, Poland , saw a higher level of devastation. Seventy years … of gratitude toward the Americans, nationalistic defiance, and horror. The event resonates in the history of a city …
An image comparing Communism to Naziism

Historical Analogies and the China Debate

… thing. It helps place a contemporary problem in a new light and can even aid the construction of sensible public … Misconceived or misapplied analogies, on the other hand, are a very different matter. Unfortunately, bad … analogies, at a crucial point in the history of China and of Sino-American relations, is a troubling and dangerous …
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan

Bombing Hiroshima

The atomic age began between heartbeats at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945 when the Japanese city of Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb.
… Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Audio production by Paul … team includes: Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and David Steigerwald; Managing Editors Cameron Givens, Damarius Johnson, and Brionna Mendoza; Copyeditor Sarah Brady Siff; Article …
Members of the Free Officers welcomed by crowds in Cairo in January 1953.

The Egyptian Middle Class Is Disgruntled. Again.

… remarked on the large numbers of highly educated young men and women who are thoroughly frustrated by the gap between the education they have attained and the jobs they have found. In one New York Times story, a … for them to get married. Many others complained of low pay and underemployment. While the protesters in Liberation …
Mount Fuji from Omiya by Kusakabe Kimbei c. 1890

Japan’s Meiji Restoration

Japan’s Meiji Restoration, or Meiji Ishin, occurred on January 3, 1868, and marked the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power for the first time in more than 500 years.
… had ruled Japan since 1600. The collapse of the Tokugawa and handover to the new Meiji regime was swift and largely peaceful, resulting in the Restoration’s … Restoration, or Meiji Ishin, occurred on January 3, 1868, and marked the return of the Japanese emperor to a position …
a Galapagos sea turtle swimming in the ocean

What’s “Natural” on the Galapagos Islands?

The youngest, westernmost islands are still volcanically active and are thought to be no more than 700,000 thousand years old.
…   In geologic years, the Galapagos Islands are infants. Located on the perpetually moving Nazca tectonic plate, the islands were formed through repeated volcanic activity. Layer by layer, the islands have risen off the ocean floor, forming a chain that is … The youngest, westernmost islands are still volcanically active and are thought to be no …
The Nuremburg Map of 1524 is the earliest known European visualization of Tenochtitlan

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

… surrendered on August 13, 1521. The war cost tens of thousands of lives, civilian and warrior alike. It was a war of atrocity, massacre, and systematic violence. By the end, a few thousandSouth & Central America …
Jiang Zemin

Reframing the Debate on Human Rights in China

… Normal Trade Relations with the People's Republic of China and Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's recent visit to New York … of a familiar United States-China two-step. Pundits and politicians once again denounced the Beijing regime's abysmal human rights record. Jiang and other Chinese Communist Party officials countered that …
This photo shows Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR), which was transported from bases in the U.S. and air dropped to regions of Afghanistan where the displaced people are at risk of starvation.

Democracy’s Vital Ingredient — Food

… where over eight million people are at risk from hunger and malnutrition. The Bush administration would be wise to heed Marshall's warning and rally the international community to increase food aid … of the global struggle against terrorism. Osama Bin Laden and remnants of Al-Qaida are likely hiding in Afghanistan or …
photos of people who died during Rwandan genocide

The Extermination of a Nation: The Genocide in Rwanda

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… This lesson plan focuses on the genocide in Rwanda that occurred in 1994 when the Hutu government targeted the Tutsi population and Hutu moderates who were against the government. Students … teacher will assess their learning with a check for understanding. Once completed with the assessment, the students …
Illustration of Packing Room in Opium Factory at Patna, India

The World of Opium: From “Free” to Illicit Trade

Review of Opium’s Long Shadow: From Asian Revolt to Global Drug Control , by Steffen Rimner (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of … trade” in pursuit of vast profits. China lost the battle and opium continued to flow. But by the First World War … When the League of Nations came into being in 1920, nations and empires began to prioritize anti-drug trafficking laws …
Vicente Fox Quesada

Will Fox be a Mexican Jefferson?

… 1929, following decades of civic unrest, internal warfare and repeated U.S. military interventions, the PRI, the … to several generations who preferred authoritarian rule and a centralized government to chaos. The PRI incorporated … the church, the army, the professional-business class, the landowners, the urban middle class and the trade unions. It …
Woman reading inside a newsstand in the 1950s.

Journalists and the Bomb

… atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. Most reporters and commentators who write about Hiroshima and Nagasaki uncritically support the popular assumption … use of atomic bombs was absolutely necessary to end the war and save American lives. Many journalists also proclaim the …
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with a sign announcing the 70th anniversary ceremony.

A Postcard from Hiroshima

… bombs dropped by the United States on  Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II . On August … 2015, I was in Hiroshima for the anniversary of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these … territory. Abe’s omission was sharply criticized in Japan, and three days later in Nagasaki he did make such a pledge. …
Marina Silva (PSB)

10/21/2014: Top Ten Origins: Brazil's Presidential Elections

… President in a runoff vote between incumbent Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aécio Neves. The race today is too close to … first round, Rousseff took 41.6% of the vote, Neves 33.6%, and environmentalist Marina Silva (who recently endorsed Neves) 21.32%. As one of the largest and economically most important countries in the world, the …
Fidel Castro in 1959

Easing Up on Cuba

… that helps Cuba, such as relaxed restrictions on travel and trade, helps Castro and therefore is abominable. Meanwhile, other Americans and Cubans increasingly think it’s time for major steps, not … South & Central America …
Vigil commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1989 massacre

New Protests in China Won’t Be the Last

… Marches by laid-off workers and the arrest of protest organizers in several Chinese … of the massive Tiananmen demonstrations that inspired and the June 4th Massacre that horrified television … when trying to make sense of outbursts of unrest in China, and this is what Western journalists did earlier this year …