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...find Government 90sp, “The Future of War”; Historical Study A-12, “Conflict and Cooperation in the Modern World”; Government 1732, “The Origins of Modern Wars”; Government 2782, “State Failure and Civil War”; Historical Study B-53, “World War and Global Transformation in the 20th Century”; History 1964, “International History: War, Peace, and International Organizations”; and Government 2791, “Comparative Foreign and Security Policy...
...Cary R. Covington, a professor of political science at Iowa, called Leach “a very civil, very even-handed, remarkable individual,” adding that “he’s an ideal Republican to deal with because he’s so reasonable and so open-minded...
...bolder, more vibrant time than our own. Kids actually did stuff then. Those who didn't go to war protested it. (The existence of a military draft helped.) They rebelled against their parents' values, political views and choice of recreational drugs - from martinis to marijuana. They marched for civil rights, vandalized their universities, exiled themselves to Canada. Unlike today's young people, they were idealistic, reckless, suicidal and interesting...
...everyone is convinced that those concerns are real. "If you believe the media, this country is in a state of permanent civil war," says Dave Sinardet, a political scientist at the University of Antwerp. "This is more a crisis of government than of the country. I expect the parties to reach some sort of solution soon - as they have done in the past - and when everyone calms down, we should see all this talk about splits and independence evaporate...
Sometimes the desire for a job makes a politician see the light. For the first two decades of his career, Lyndon Johnson was a New Deal liberal, with white Southern views on race (he called Harry Truman's early efforts on civil rights "a farce and a sham"). This combination made him a popular Texas Congressman and Senator, but he also wanted to be President. After a stumbling run as Texas' favorite son in 1956, he realized that his ambitions required him to change his profile on civil rights. The next year, after epic wheeling and dealing as Senate majority...