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President Lincoln visiting the battlefield at Antietam, Md., October 3, 1862. General McClellan and 15 members of his staff are in the group. Photographed by Alexander Gardner. 165-SB-23 A New York Herald Tribune wagon and reporters in the field Constructing telegraph lines, April 1864. Photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Black laborers on a wharf, James River, Va A refugee..

Franklin Roosevelt, left, and Harry Truman, shown here in 1944, had little to do with each other in the White House—which meant that Truman took office in April, 1945 with very little preparation. “I’m not big enough,” Truman said to a Senate friend the day after Roosevelt died. “I’m not big enough for this job.” ... Which is one reason he would reach out to ..

Blowback: In Aiding Iranian Terrorists, the U.S. Repeats a Dangerous Mistake By Max Fisher Apr 6 2012, 2:56 PM , Atlantic Monthly A New Yorker article reports that U.S. special forces funded and trained a group called MEK, extending a long history of short-sighted, enemy-of-my-enemy foreign policy. Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell speaks to a pro-MEK crowd in front of th..

‘미국의 시대’는 계속될 것인가? 미국은 경쟁을 전제로 한 동적 사회 미어사이머(John J. Mearsheimer)교수 시카고 대학의 2004년 졸업식의 백미는 미어사이머 교수의 연설이었다. 그는 한스 모겐소(Hans J. Morgenthaw)이후 최고의 현실주의 국제정치학자다. 그는 좀 별난 이력의 소유자이다. 군대..

America and South KoreaObama’s most improved bilateral alliance South Korea has quietly become a model American ally. Will it stay that way? Mar 31st 2012 | SEOUL | from the print edition , The Economist BARACK OBAMA says he learned the Korean word jeong(情) last year when South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-bak, visited the White House. Jeong is tricky to translate, but it..

Why Do So Many Americans Drop Out of College? By Jordan Weissmann Mar 29 2012, 2:18 PM ET 172, Atlantic Monthly Unprepared students sign up for school because they think a degree is their passport to the middle class. They should have other options. A student yawns during a late night algebra class at Bunker Hill Community College. Reuters The phrase "dropout factory" is ordina..

President John F. Kennedy with his son, John Jr., on the beach at Newport, Rhode Island By Robert L. Knudsen, September 12, 1963 John F. Kennedy Library, National Archives and Records Administration A birthday party for David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower. In attendance were movie and television stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. By Abbey Rowe, Washington, ..

Can the American empire fight back? The problem today — amid fears of U.S. decline — is that we are so concerned about losing global dominance that we've lost sight of the maverick qualities that made us preeminent in the first place. By Gregory Rodriguez November 21, 2011 The Redcoats are coming! The Redcoats are coming! Remember what your elementary school teache..

"한미동맹논리"와 전쟁이 필요한 때 한승동 선임기자 sdhan@hani.co.kr 한겨레 2009년 7월31일 존스홉킨스대 국제대학원 교수이자 한국학연구소 소장을 맡고 있는 서재정 교수가 이런 말을 했다. 한미동맹은 정말 예외적이다. 역사적으로 군사동맹은 1년도 못 가는 게 태반이고 오래가야 20년을 ..

미국 제국주의의 역사의 특징 <목차> 1. 미국 제국주의의 역사 2. 미국 제국주의의 특징 3. CIA - 미 제국주의의 첨병 1. 미국 제국주의의 역사 미국은 1840년대부터 1890년대에 이르는 약 40년 동안 노예문제로 일어난 50년대의 위기와 남북전쟁, 전후의 남부의 재건과 대서부의 개척, 그리..