since the opening of the military prison, has also been a powerful element of Cuba’s propaganda offensive against the United States, which is likely to ramp up as the new White House adopts a far more hostile tone than the Biden administration. ...
the Caesar Renier of Montferrat, revolted against Manuel's second wife, Maria of Antioch, who became regent after his death, The Porphyrogenita Maria may have considered herself the rightful heir, as the elder child of Manuel; she was almost as old as her stepmother Maria. Maria...
Arab Spring, wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010, challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievance
Gaza Strip, territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. It is densely populated and impoverished, in part due to the ongoing political situation of the region. It became a center of tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conf
The base could fulfill two important goals for Trump’s border enforcement program. First, it could offer badly needed space to detain migrants ahead of a potential accommodation crisis if the pace of detentions ramps up. And just as importantly, it could make Trump look tough – a key consi...
The Berlin Wall: The Partitioning of Berlin The Berlin Wall: Blockade and Crisis The Berlin Wall: Building the Wall The Berlin Wall: 1961‑1989 The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germa...
parliamentary debates that took place from September 2015 to January 2016 on the European refugee "crisis." The analysis identifies six "functions" of the use of the history: resonance, continuity, reciprocity, posterity, responsibility, and redemption. It shows how references to historical events ...
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE BLOOMINGDALE’S EXPERIENCE, 1973-1975 By Rebecca Love In the 1970s, Bloomingdale’s commissioned artists to create shopping bags for the store.http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org/ In his 1975 state of the Union address, President Gerald Ford was not optimistic. He ...
In the United States, the effects of the Vietnam War would linger long after the last troops returned home in 1973. The nation spent more than $120 billion on the conflict in Vietnam from 1965-73; this massive spending led to widespread inflation, exacerbated by a worldwide oil crisis in...
A brief introduction to Chinese history, with the rise and fall of important dynasties and influential historical events.