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		<title>Rising Isolationism, A Renewed Danger?</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2011/11/15/rising-isolationism-a-renewed-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher McKnight Nichols</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an honor to be kicking off the blog for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations for the fall of 2011. I thank Andrew Johns, Brian Etheridge, and the officers of SHAFR for the invitation, and I look forward to an excellent year of diverse debates and dynamic discussions.
For this column, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pernicious Effects of the All-Volunteer Military</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2011/02/08/pernicious-effects-of-the-all-volunteer-military/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2011/02/08/pernicious-effects-of-the-all-volunteer-military/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Foster</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anti-War Efforts]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shafr.org/?p=2907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In each class I teach, I ask students to fill out an index card with the usual demographic information, but also to put there anything they think could affect their performance in class.  Usually they write about learning disabilities, commuting, family responsibilities, and athletic teams they are on.  But since 2003, an increasing number write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Are America&#8217;s Peace Heroes?</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/10/20/where-are-americas-peace-heroes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2010/10/20/where-are-americas-peace-heroes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Maddock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-War Efforts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politicians repeatedly refer to the United States as a “peace-loving nation,” but evidence to the contrary abounds.  Americans celebrate and embrace warriors and largely express apathy or disdain for those that work for peace. The phrase war hero is commonplace, but we rarely speak of peace heroes. The nation’s very birth came out of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 2/22/2010</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/22/weekly-digest-2222010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2010/02/22/weekly-digest-2222010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan War:  2001-present]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Guantánamo, President Obama is still stuck. It’s clear the detention facility won’t close any time soon. That leaves many people, in and out of the administration, in the United States and overseas, wondering: What’s next for Guantánamo? [more]
Just how unpopular are President Barack Obama&#8217;s anti-terrorism policies with his Republican critics? Even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8212; 12/14/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/14/weekly-digest-121409/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/14/weekly-digest-121409/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled an eminently sensible proposal this week: to place a 50 percent tax on all bankers’ bonuses in his country. But another, even more sensible idea of his last month was shot down by other nations, notably the United States. [more]
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech Thursday is drawing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Peace Prize in Historical Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/10/23/the-peace-prize-in-historical-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/10/23/the-peace-prize-in-historical-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Wood</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shafr.org/?p=1731</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: President Barack Obama.  The initial reaction was largely one of surprise, followed quickly by criticism.  Some suggested that Obama should turn down the prize.  Others began to interpret the award as a non-too-subtle indictment of former President George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 9/28/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/09/28/weekly-digest-92809/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/09/28/weekly-digest-92809/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new “must-read book” for President Obama’s war team is “Lessons in Disaster” by Gordon M. Goldstein.  This book’s intimate account of White House decision-making is almost literally being replayed in Washington (with Holbrooke himself as a principal actor) as the new president sets a course for the war in Afghanistan. [more]
President Barack Obama&#8217;s week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Prophecy of Class Warfare</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/01/19/a-prophecy-of-class-warfare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/01/19/a-prophecy-of-class-warfare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>george white, jr.</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shafr.org/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At this time of year, I usually find myself in an emotional and mental torment.  I love Martin Luther King, Jr.  I don&#8217;t love what we have done to him.  He has a secure place in my pantheon of heroes, next to folks like Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Bayard Rustin, Malcolm X, Patricia Hill Collins, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon to a Theater Near You</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/01/13/coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shafr.org/2009/01/13/coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Osgood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why don&#8217;t we hear about the war anymore,&#8221; asked one of my students on the first day of my class on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle  East.  When I answered with a question &#8211; &#8220;Which one?&#8221; &#8211; he looked bemused.  He obviously meant the war in Iraq.  The other war &#8211; the one [...]]]></description>
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