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Why Americans love to declare independence The 1776 Declaration was only the first. What we learn from the long history of splinter constitutions, manifestos, and secessions that followed. By Robert TsaiJune 29, 2014, The Boston Globe On the Fourth of July, Americans celebrate the moment when our forefathers “dissolved the political bonds” between the 13 Colonies and Great ..

When Lincoln saved the union and freed the slaves, five ex-presidents tried to stop him When Abraham Lincoln was president, the former presidents alive at the time of the Civil War — shown clockwise from bottom left, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, John Tyler and Martin Van Buren — openly challenged him. (Original images via Library of Congress) ..

Feature The Odyssey of Ulysses S. Grant By Meredith Hindley | HUMANITIES, May/June 2014 | Volume 35, Number 3 This woodblock print by Yoshu Shuen depicts a reception given by the Meiji Emperor and Empress of Japan for Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia. In 1879, the Grants spent three months touring the country as guests of the Japanese government. —The Granger Collecti..

How to Explain Americans JUNE 11, 2014 , The New York Times Beppe Severgnini MILAN — “Do you remember your, ahem, appreciative remarks to the woman who marched onto the assembly line? Don’t do that when the Americans are here. A woman from Italy might laugh; a Michigan girl will sue.” If I’m going to explain how I came to discuss gender etiquette with a bunch of I..

John F. Kennedy in World War II In April 1943, 25-year-old John F. Kennedy arrived in the Pacific and took command of the PT-109. Just months later, the boat collided with a Japanese ship, killing two of his men. All Photos Courtesy of The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. Snapshot taken shortly after commissioning in 1941. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center in Portsmo..

「父の日」に寄せて Caroline Kennedy キャロライン・ケネディ 駐日米国大使 投稿日: 2014年06月13日 20時52分 JST 更新: 2014年06月14日 08時25分 JST, Asahi Shimbun Sen. John Kennedy chatting w. his young daughter Caroline as he goes over some papers on table at his Georgetown home. (Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt//Time Life Pictures/Gett..

[일반논문] 이승만과 한미상호방위조약의 체결 [차상철 | 충남대 사학과 교수] 시대정신 2013년 가을호 Ⅰ. 이승만의 동맹 제의와 미국의 거부 20세기 전반(前半) 한국의 역사는 시련과 좌절 그리고 생존을 위한 몸부림으로 점철된 파란만장한 세월이었다. 19세기 말 한반도는 제국주의 열강..

The Snowden Conundrum By Robert A. Levy March/April 2014, CATO Institute Recent disclosures by Edward Snowden have focused attention on National Security Agency collection of noncontent phone data — call dates, times, and phone numbers — covering virtually everyone. Proponents claim authorization under the business records provision (Section 215) of the Patriot Act...

Woodrow Wilson’s Great Mistake By Jim Powell May/June 2014, CATO Institute For a long time, Americans have been branded as “isolationists” guilty of “appeasement” when they question the wisdom of starting or entering another foreign war. The terms “isolationist” and “appeasement” are used to link today’s noninterventionists to the political leaders who, duri..

Ronald Reagan and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire The American Diplomacy A frequent contributor, Francis Sempa, describes in a critical way the containment policies of all the administrations from Truman through Carter. He believes that it was only with the Reagan presidency that the United States began to pursue a "we win, they lose" policy and that this policy to a large d..