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5 Lessons for Kiev from the Arab Spring

by Juan Cole

Political compromise is necessary, and it's a good thing that the military has so far remained neutral.

The Unmaking of a President: Rethinking Watergate at Forty [VIDEO]

It has been forty years since the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's resignation from the presidency. To mark the occasion, the AHA Annual Meeting in January hosted a dedicated Watergate panel.

How JFK Slammed the Door on Che Guevara's Offer to Improve U.S.-Cuban Relations

by Jack Colhoun

Che's backdoor "cigar diplomacy" was returned in kind by the Kennedy brothers with Operation Mongoose, the plan to overthrow Castro.

In Defense of the American Studies Association

by Alan Wald

The ASA's support of the BDS movement seeks to enhance the academic freedom of Palestinians.

Inside the Republican War on Women

by Ruth Rosen

Mike Huckabee thinks women "need to be liberated from their libidos."

The Real Problem with Putin's Russia: Vodka

by Mark Lawrence Schrad

Now that the bear is angry again, let's not lose sight of the fact that Russia faces an almost unprecedented public health crisis due to chronic alcoholism.

Why Do Conservative Southerners Loudly Insist That Kids Be Taught Lies about the Civil War?

by Adam Laats

Texas activist Bill Ames is proposing new revisions to the state's school curriculum, including teaching that slavery was not the leading cause of the Civil War.

Presenting History Camp, The Unconference for Local Historians

by Lee Wright

Building on the barcamp model (also used as the basis for THATcamp), the History Camp conference takes place March 8 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Remembering H. Wayne Morgan, Pioneer of Gilded Age Studies

by Lewis L. Gould

Morgan, who passed away in January, almost single-handedly rescued the study of the late nineteenth century from history's proverbial ash heap.

What the Left and Right Still Get Wrong About Ronald Reagan

by James Graham Wilson

Newly-discovered documents show both sides missed important aspects of Reagan's legacy.

Did Obama Just Admit That Iran's Nuclear Program May Be Peaceful?

by Juan Cole

In a joint press conference with the French president, Obama tacitly admitted Iran *might* be negotiating in good faith.

Obama's Hollow Promises Abroad

by Daniel Pipes

As U.S. credibility and stature diminish in world affairs, the American president and his secretaries of state and defense engage in eloquent denial.

Russia and America Were Once BFFs -- Why Not Again?

by Jane Hampton Cook

In the nineteenth century, relations between the U.S. and the Russian Empire were nothing but cordial. Could that happen again?

Grover Cleveland, Lover? Read the Love Letter He Wrote to His 21-Year-Old Bride

by The Shapell Manuscript Foundation

Read the never-before-publishd love letter Cleveland wrote to Frances Folsom.

Everything You Think You Know About the Egyptian Revolution is Wrong

by James L. Gelvin

Five myths about the Egyptian "revolution."

U.S.-China: Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Rivalry Redux?

by Tim Roberts

Despite all the recent WWI analogies, Sino-American relations may more closely resemble an earlier time.

Pete Seeger: The Red Warbler

by Ronald Radosh

A great folk singer who contributed much to the American story, he was fatally flawed by the leftism he imbibed with his mother’s milk.

Ending the World the Human Way

by Tom Engelhardt

How climate change became the "anti-news."

Do We Ever Actually Learn Anything from History?

by William J. Astore

The problem is our decision makers have no respect for the lessons of history.

The Very Real Threat of a Terrorist Attack at the Sochi Olympics

by Brian Glyn Williams

Chechnya's "Black Widow" female suicide bombers have proven to be deadly effective in the past.