sending...Franck Committee Predicts Nuclear Arms Race, 1945
In 1945, a committee of scientists predicted that using an atomic bomb on Japan might lead to an international arms race. They suggested that the United States should demonstrate the weapon instead.
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Why Do We Fight in Afghanistan?
by Susan BrewerMore people have been asking that question lately. For years Americans have been told that despite setbacks we are making progress there. Making progress toward what, people wonder. What is the mission of the United States in Afghanistan? After more than a decade since the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom, it is worth revisiting what [...]
A Center-Left Leader, Missed Opportunities, and Anti-Americanism: A Possible new Direction in U.S. Policy Towards the Western Hemisphere?
by James SiekmeierI received an email from a former colleague and friend of mine recently who concluded that Lula’s (Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva) two terms in office as President of Brazil (2003-2010) represented a missed opportunity for the United States–and United States-Latin American relations in general. Here was a center-left leader, in one of the world’s [...]
Is the System the Solution? Past Policies, Current Dilemmas, and Inter-American Relations in the 21st Century
by James SiekmeierMore than 20 years have passed since the last full-fledged U.S. military intervention in Latin America (Panama, 1989, in case your memories are hazy). Starting in the 1980s, democratization flowered in the region for numerous reasons—but mostly internal reasons based in Latin American history and society. Starting in the 1990s, with the end of the [...]
Newt Gingrich and the (ab)Uses of History
by Andrew JohnstoneIt is an honor to join the SHAFR blogging team for 2011-12. While SHAFR is (as the name makes perfectly clear) a society that focuses on the history of American foreign relations, there is no doubt that we are as well placed as anyone to make connections between historical events and contemporary issues in American [...]
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