Category Archives: Civil Conflict

Bread Riots in Mozambique

Posted on June 8, 2011 by briansandberg

Last year, high bread prices led to bread riots across Mozambique.  This summer promises to create similar economic conditions and protests. Early modern historians are very familiar with the dynamics of bread riots in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies.  A number … Continue reading →

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The Killing Seas: Mediterranean Migration

Posted on May 29, 2011 by briansandberg

Anthropologist Hans Lucht discusses the precarious lives of modern-day Mediterranean migrants from Africa who embark in North Africa for Italy in an op-ed in the New York Times. Lucht points out that southern European nations have long worked with Qaddafi’s … Continue reading →

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General Ratko Mladic Captured

Posted on May 26, 2011 by briansandberg

After 16 years as a fugitive, former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has been captured in Serbia. General Mladic commanded the Bosnian Serb Army during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.  Mladic is accused of orchestrating the Massacre … Continue reading →

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Search for Meaning in a Post-Osama World

Posted on May 2, 2011 by briansandberg

People around the world are now reacting to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden, which is being seen as a significant world historical event. The military intelligence and special forces operations that led to bin Laden’s death … Continue reading →

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Osama bin Laden is Dead

Posted on May 2, 2011 by briansandberg

President Barack Obama announced a few minutes ago that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. The video of President Obama’s speech is available at the Washington Post.  The full text of President Obama’s remarks … Continue reading →

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Historian Eric Foner Wins Pulitzer Prize

Posted on April 29, 2011 by briansandberg

Historian Eric Foner has won a Pulitzer Prize for his The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (Norton, 2010). The American Historical Association has a brief story about the prize on its website. NIU students interested in the history … Continue reading →

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New French Military Policy

Posted on April 10, 2011 by briansandberg

Nicolas Sarkozy has suddenly developed a new French foreign policy that stresses aggressive military intervention.  The French Armée de l’Air has intervened powerfully in the Libyan civil war and French ground forces are on the ground in the Ivory Coast … Continue reading →

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Recent Civil War Films

Posted on April 8, 2011 by briansandberg

I recently came across an article from the American Historical Association’s Perspectives examining historical films portraying the American Civil War since Glory. Students in HIST 390 History and Film: War in Film may be interested in this article.  

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The New Mediterranean Geopolitics

Posted on April 8, 2011 by briansandberg

French military intervention in the Libyan civil war has prompted new thinking about French military policies and about international politics in the Mediterranean region. Le Monde published a debate between several experts on Mediterranean culture and politics, including the historian … Continue reading →

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French Military Intervention in Libya and the Ivory Coast

Posted on April 6, 2011 by briansandberg

France is suddenly very active in African conflicts, with major military interventions in Libya and the Ivory Coast. French forces have long been involved in the Ivory Coast and in other west African nations where France arguably still has neocolonial … Continue reading →

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