As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of the Guard’s most challenging and dangerous missions.
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The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.
Police and military violence against student protesters in the 1960s was draconian, now questions are being asked about the police operations today.
Many images from the Ukraine war are compelling and distressing depictions of the human costs of war.
Protests over police violence and white supremacy have erupted in almost 600 US cities. A historian of black social movements says what’s happened after George Floyd’s death is unprecedented.
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Professor of History, United States Naval Academy
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Visiting Professor of Journalism, Emerson College
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Chair, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, History and American Culture, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in History, The Open University