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Did a Mediocre Letter of Recommendation for Martin Luther King, Jr. Change the Course of History? by Peter Eisenstadt "A few years ago I found some correspondence that I thought might have profoundly altered the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. , thereby redirecting the course of American and world history."

Pentagon Newspeak by Stanley Kutler The Pentagon has hijacked the history of the Vietnam War.

Is Globalization the New Paradigm for History? by Lynn Hunt Now that a clearer view of globalization in that period is emerging, it is time for historians to think more systematically about how the parts fit together.

Are You Drunk on History? by Erik Moshe A million viewers, most between the ages of 18-24, are.

What Makes a Democrat a Democrat and a Republican a Republican? It's More Complicated than You Think. by Jason Weeden and Robert Kurzban Even with the recent uptick in people with fulsomely liberal or fulsomely conservative views, it remains the case that a large majority of the public has liberal views on some issues and conservative views on others.

Deja vu, Afghans: We're Ba-a-a-a-ck! by Murray Polner Obama is becoming more hawkish and his antiwar base isn't welcome

Russians Invade Afghanistan (Again!), Chinese Fight Iraq War (Again!) by Tom Engelhardt What If It Weren’t Us?

What Happened to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan? by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir His follies have upended his Ottoman Empire dreams.

Banking on Crime by William R. Polk Why do so few citizens seem to care that banks are getting away with fraud?

This Ghost Story Puts the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror in a New Light by Ronen Steinberg The Reign of Terror (1793-4) was an event of mass violence in the middle of the French Revolution. Tens of thousands of people were executed and hundreds of thousands were imprisoned.

Review of Mark M. Smith's "The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War” by Murray Polner “How Did People Experience the American Civil War?”

A Larger Entertainment Package from the Past for the Holidays by Bruce Chadwick There are far more films, made for television movies and television specials than ever on television thanks to the explosion of channels and the desire of television executives to air more holiday shows.