For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
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The ‘equal time’ rule has been around for a century and aims to promote broadcasters’ editorial independence and free expression – an idea that is now under threat from the FCC.
US lawmakers who opposed Guatemala’s democratically elected leaders alleged communist subterfuge. They didn’t mention the United Fruit Company’s complaints before the 1954 coup.
Facing an uproar over use of a private fund to cover expenses, vice presidential candidate Sen. Richard Nixon invoked the family dog, Checkers, to salvage his political career in 1952.
In the first wave to hit the beach, troops were met by withering German gunfire. But they kept pushing and established a small beachhead from which the invasion could continue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.
Artifacts held in the National Museum of American History provide personal details about the Normandy invasion.
No US president has ever attended a British royal coronation – but history shows that they signal intent by whom they choose to go in their stead.
As Donald Trump prepares to address the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, here’s how other former presidents have occupied their time after leaving the White House.
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Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
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Professor of History; Director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, Miami University
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Oral Historian, Department of History, University of Texas at Arlington
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Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professor of History, Boston University
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Professor Emeritus of Communication, American University School of Communication
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Professor of Communication, Boise State University
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Chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology