Nineteenth century America offered few opportunities for adult education and cultural enrichment until two movements emerged—the Lyceum and the Chautauqua. They developed separately and yet were closely intertwined. Both ...

On October 1, 1975, Jimmie and Georgia Abdouch, owners of Michelle's Statuary of Omaha, Nebraska, were unable to decide whether or not to lease space at the North- side Mall. | The Abdouchs had been proprietors of their ...

The United States has acted with an ambivalence toward Latin America, characterized largely by an inability to reconcile the precepts of national self- determination and national self-interest. The American government, in ...

From August 23, 1939 to June 22, 1941 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics remained aloof from the conflict which had engulfed most of Europe. During the spring of 1939, the Soviet Union maintained simultaneous negotiations ...

In writing this thesis on the Potsdam Conference, I have attempted to explain the significance and events of the conference from the point of view of the United States delegation. In particular, I have tried to show Harry ...

During the height of the Cold War, there were two men in particular who experienced the conflict of the bull ring, two men who met "eyeball to eyeball" both at the summit and at the brink. They were Nikita Sergeyevich ...