General and world history

On the ground, in the air, and behind the lines, grunts made life-and-death decisions every day—and endured the worst stress of their young lives.

The Removal of the Five Tribes from what is now the Southeastern part of the United States to the area that would become the state of Oklahoma is a topic widely researched and studied.

Calvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559).

Vietnam became part of French Indochina in 1887 and did not regain its independence again until after the Vietnam War.

For Israel-more so than for any other state-an effective Intelligence Community has been a matter of life and death.

The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day.

Aesthetics is not a "e;factual"e; discipline; there are no aesthetic facts.

The Australian Aborigines first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago.

William Jefferson Clinton's legacy remains a matter of significant contention among historians, political scientists, and pundits even after a decade of time to reflect.

Cote d'Ivoire remains one of the most intriguing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Korean War has often been regarded as a forgotten war, although that is certainly unfair.

Consisting of two houses-the Senate and the House of Representatives-and 535 members-100 Senators and 435 Representatives, the U.

Bangladesh (literally, the land of the Bengalis) is the most recent addition (in 1971) to the independent nations of South Asia.

Croatia, a former republic of Yugoslavia, has been a self-declared independent state since July 25, 1991.

The Beat Movement was one of the most radical and innovative literary and arts movements of the 20th century, and the history of the Beat Movement is still being written in the early years of the 21st century.

Approximately three fifths of the emigration from the United Kingdom to America arrived in the 19th century.

In spite of Singapore's small size, it has long had a major impact on the world because of its geographical location and its wealth.

The period from the outset of World War I to the end of World War II was among the most significant in the history of the United States.

Benin is now perceived of as a model of democracy in Africa because it has successfully established a democratic political system based on consensus and regular and fair elections, and it continues to improve its electoral and parliamentary systems.

Naval intelligence is one of the most vital, and sometimes decisive, forms of intelligence.

Approximately three fifths of the emigration from the United Kingdom to America arrived in the 19th century.

African American Theater is a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient Egyptian rituals, West African folklore, and European theatrical practices.

Mesoamerica is one of six major areas of the world where humans independently changed their culture from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle into settled communities, cities, and civilization.

The overriding theme of this work is that women's struggles, human rights, myths, and literary expression are indispensable to an understanding of the modern culture and socio-political development of the Middle East region.

Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy.

The Historical Dictionary of the George W.

One of the most pervasive phenomena that distinguish the early 21st century is the prevalence of international organizations (IOs).

Czechoslovakia has been at the center of some of the most difficult-and tragic-episodes of modern European history: its sacrifice to Nazi Germany at Munich; the Communist Coup of 1948; and the military crushing of the Prague Spring.

The history of sexuality is central to social history, the history of ideas, the realization or repression of human rights, and other areas of focus.

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Environmentalism involves hundreds of international environmental groups, thousands of national groups, and tens of thousands of local ones.

Journalism is the discipline of gathering, writing, and reporting news, and it includes the process of editing and presenting news articles.

The world as we have known it for the past century would have been very different without petroleum.

Ever since the end of World War II, and even more so since 1960, when 17 African colonies became independent of colonial rule, the African continent has been ravaged by a series of wars.

Native Americans in the United States, similar to other indigenous people, created political, economic, and social movements to meet and adjust to major changes that impacted their cultures.

One of the world's poorest nations, Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

For nearly four decades the conflict in Ireland has embittered relations between the communities living there and spoiled relations between the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.

The 1930s were dominated by economic collapse, stagnation, and mass unemployment.

In this reference, Buffery and Marcer cover all of the areas historically inhabited by the Catalan people.

Malawi, established as the British protectorate of Nyasaland in 1891, gained its independence in 1964 and moved immediately into three decades of one-party rule.

The Lithuanian people have undergone historic changes quite different from those of other European nations.

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, located at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.

The Historical Dictionary of the Jews presents the history of the Jewish people and their religious culture in a way that makes clear how and why this small, ancient people have survived nearly four millennia and managed to play such an important role in the world-well out of proportion to their population.

Once on the margins of European empires, notably those of France, England and Spain, then a focus of international rivalries and wars during the 18th century, Canada is now a nation that is front and center in the world's affairs.

Ghana, the former British colony of the Gold Coast, is historically known for being the first country to the south of the Sahara to attain political independence from colonial rule.

The monarch is the United Kingdom's head of state, exercising powers that are circumscribed by common law, convention, and statute law.

In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era.

During the Vietnam War, the U.

The true-to-life story of a Ranger who volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers who faced the same dangers he had barely survived in the jungles of Vietnam.

The United States Navy has evolved in the last century and a half from humble and often frustrating beginnings during and after the Revolutionary War to become the strongest navy in the world with responsibilities that span the globe.