American History
epub |eng | | Author:Ben Buxton [Buxton, Ben]

Many of the newspapers and opposition politicians claimed that the raiders were led by ‘others’ using the case for their own ends. Lady Cathcart issued a statement in The Scotsman ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Chamberlain, Lesley

But after he resigned he went hungry and by the end of summer 1921 Jakobson was back in the Soviet mission in Prague, part-time, as ‘a free-lance worker’ until 1928. ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-11 | Author:Hourly History [History, Hourly]

Chapter Six Engaged to be Married “My mistress being torn from my side as an impediment to my marriage, my heart, which clave to her, was racked, and wounded, and ...
( Category: Arts & Literature Biographies November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-11-15 | Author:David Martin Jones

Prudent Counsel Between 1550 and 1648, early modern Europe suffered divisive internal as well as external war. The period saw the often brutal severing of traditional political and religious allegiances ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-11-15 | Author:Mary E. Adkins

Henry Kissinger recalled that Watergate weakened Nixon both politically and physically. By the night of October 24, Nixon was so exhausted that Chief of Staff Alexander Haig advised against awakening ...
( Category: Historical Biographies November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-14 | Author:Hourly History [History, Hourly]

Chapter Five The Depression and American Culture “FDR had his role but so did Mickey Mouse.” —Warren Susman, 1984 The Great Depression was the greatest economic hardship ever endured in ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-11-15 | Author:Winston, Rick

Carmelita Hinton at the Putney School, 1949 (photo by Rudolph Furrer, courtesy of Marni Rosner) William’s younger sister, Joan, who graduated from the Putney School in 1939, also saw firsthand ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael J. Kolb;

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a popular tourist destination because it strikes a symbolic cord with the American public, and unlike other major monuments it communicates a very personalized experience ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-10-06 | Author:Unknown

By Mr. Schultz: Q. Did you hear the question? A. No, sorry. I was thinking about the last one. The Court: Read it to the witness. Mr. Weinglass: Your Honor, ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2020-09-22 | Author:David A. French [French, David A.]

13 Texit When he was sworn in as governor of Texas, Francisco Gonzalez had no idea he would become the first president of a nation that critics derisively called the ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Lynn & Prince Picknett [Picknett, Lynn & Prince, Clive]

The first experiments were authorised by the CIA in 1950, code-named BLUEBIRD, later renamed ARTICHOKE and then, in 1953, MKULTRA. The US Navy had a similar research program, Project CHATTER ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Meynell, Esther

244 NELSON'S LADY HAMILTON Possibly it was felt at home that Nelson's ardour for the cause of his Sicilian Majesty had somewhat overstepped the bounds, and unpleasant rumours were getting ...
( Category: American History November 2,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. [DeCaro, Jr., Louis A.]

6 Emperor Seen Image and Identity Historical enquiry must match the depictive content of the art-work. Sarah Barber In early November 1859, while John Brown and his men sat in ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People Biographies November 1,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-11-15 | Author:John R. Maass

New York City and harbor in the 1780s, where Clinton made his headquarters. Library of Congress. Several weeks later, Cornwallis would write a long letter to Germain in London with ...
( Category: American History November 1,2020 )