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The author discusses the growth of school sports and sense of space in colonial India. He mentions the use of schools to disseminate British education in its colonies, the implementation of sports to help create a middle class culture, and the sociological impact on Indian male students.

The author discusses the life and career of Korean author and spy Roman Nikolaevich Kim. He mentions Kim's education in Japan, his career as a spy for the Soviet Union secret police (NKVD) against Japan, and his subsequent arrest and later career.

The article examines the level of superstitious beliefs and behavior among U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter-bomber pilots who conducted missions in Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1968. It contrasts studies suggesting that highly educated individuals are less superstitious with primary sources indicating that Operation Rolling Thunder pilots were superstitious despite a majority having college degrees.

An essay is presented which examines the relationship between the scholarly study of video games and traditional scholarship. It discusses how institutional and philosophical challenges to historiography have influenced video game scholars. The author goes on to propose how video games can be used in social science history scholarship.

An essay is presented examining the efforts of German Labor Front (DAF) leader Robert Ley to reform Germany's social insurance system and society into a people's community in the 1930s and 1940s. Citing Ley's public speeches and correspondence as well as DAF publications, the author suggests Ley's goal was to replace rationalist and humanist ideals from the French Revolution with a racist perspective based on a cult of work and national sacrifice.

The article discusses the lost work "Life of Epaminondas" by the historian Plutarch. Topics include the relation of the lost work to Plutarch's work "Parallel Lives," possible sources used in the writing of the lost biography, and Plutarch's probable use of various anecdotes from the life of the general Epaminondas.

The article discusses foreign lending to China by British, German, French, and Russian banks following the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War. Topics include the role of the British bank Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in offering a loan to China, rivalries between Russian banks and an Anglo-German group of banks in offering loans to China, and the relation of bank loan offers to economic diplomacy by European nations in China.

The article discusses the relation of gay rights activist Jack Nichols to the activist organization Mattachine Society of Washington (MSW) and to Nichols' father, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent John Richard Nichols, Sr. Topics include the inclusion of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover on the MSW mailing list by MSW activist Frank Kameny, spying on Jack Nichols by a Pentagon employee, and the relation of homophobia to the idea that an FBI agent with a gay family member would be vulnerable to blackmail.

The article discusses the black market economy in the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (DRV, North Vietnam), particularly during U.S. military intervention in Vietnam. Topics include anti-corruption and ideological campaigns within the Vietnam Workers' Party (VWP, Dang Lao Dong Viet Nam), the impact of economic hardship during the war on the black market, and foreign intelligence assessments of economic crimes.

The article discusses the March 1, 1881 bombing assassination of Russian Emperor Alexander II by members of the group of domestic terrorists called People’s Will (Narodnaia Volia) during the period he was residing in the winter palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. After his death, items associated with his murder were displayed in public spaces and became objects of interest and tourism. The article considers English-language travel writings of dark tourism by American, British, and an Italian which detail the pervasiveness of political violence in Europe and Russia in the 19th century, often using explosives.

The article discusses the Stakhanov movement, the political program designed to maximize and modernize industrial production, during the 1930s in the Soviet Union, focusing particularly on its implementation during the construction of the Far Eastern Railroad, known as the Ussuri railways prior to 1936. Soviet officials felt the program was hindered by sabotage or wrecking, and its implementation was followed by the Great Terror or Purge under the administration of Russian leader Josef Stalin. Topics include the railroad's officials and administration, laborers used to construct the railway, and how mistakes were criminalized.

The article presents a primary source document by exiled Yugoslav diplomat Konstantin A. Fotić about World War II Serbian commander Draža Mihailović, leader of Chetnik forces, one of two underground movements in Yugoslavia, the other being the partisans led by Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavia's post-World War II communist leader. Mihailović and other Chetnick leaders were tried and executed in 1946. Topics include Allied-supported resistance to the German occupation in Yugoslavia, war heroes, and a description of Mihailović's looks, manners, and personality.

The article examines whether Ireland was at the receiving end of exceptional violence perpetrated by the early modern British Empire. It discusses several approaches taken by historians such as Rory Rapple and Brendan Kane on the issue, the early historiography of the question, and calls for further comparative study between 16th century English policy in Ireland and policies in the Tudor Far North.

The essay discusses the concepts of liberty and black slavery among British colonists in Georgia between 1732 and 1770 as a case study. It argues that British colonists saw liberty and slavery as significant and essential elements in the function of Georgia in particular and British America in general. It also discusses Georgia's prohibition of slavery prior to the American Revolution, Georgia's governance by a group of trustees including James Oglethorpe, and the relationship between Georgians and the trustees.

The article discusses the commercial agreement known as the Anglo-American Oil Agreement in 1921 between Great Britain and the U.S., including through referencing the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The agreement's role in offering U.S. oil companies concessions for competition on petroleum in the Middle East is discussed.

The article discusses the 1806 military expedition mounted and led by Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda which sailed from New York City to Venezuela with the purpose of overthrowing its Spanish colonial rule. Topics include the administration of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, foreign relations between the U.S. and Spain following the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Miranda's friendship with American politician William Stephens Smith. Details of Miranda's involvement in international affairs including the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Nootka Sound controversy are provided.

The article explores how the divorce of filmmaker George Lucas from Academy Award-winning American film editor Marcia Lucas led to the establishment of the film content rating PG-13. Topics include the establishment of Lucasfilms by George and Marcia and the impact of their divorce on the company, director Steven Spielberg, the motion picture "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," and the Motion Picture Association of America.

The article discusses foreign policy during the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, focusing particularly on aspects of international universal human rights. Topics include Carter's inaugural speech, the influence of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal on U.S. politics, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the declassification of government records related to American diplomatic relations.

The article discusses U.S. historiography on, and collective memory of, World War I, also referred to as the forgotten war. It examines the depiction of World War I in U.S. popular culture such as literature and motion pictures, World War I in U.S. political culture, particularly concerning the Gold Star Mother Pilgrimages and the Bonus March of World War I veterans during the Great Depression, and scholarly analysis of the reasons for the U.S. entering World War I. It also discusses the military history of World War I.

The article discusses the military strategy known as envelopment as employed by the Central Powers during the invasion of Serbia in 1915 during World War I. It examines tactical plans for invading Serbia by military figures including German general of infantry Erich von Falkenhayn, German colonel general August von Mackensen, and German major general Hans von Seeckt. The article discusses the difficulties associated with envelopment during the invasion, including resistance by Russian armed forces, difficult terrain, and poor weather.

An essay is presented which discusses the role of German Jewish immigrants, or émigrés, to the U.S. in fighting against German Nazism during World War II, with a particular focus on the German graduates of the Military Intelligence Training Center (MITC) at Camp Ritchie, Maryland. The role that German Jewish graduates of Camp Ritchie's role in postwar Germany, including in increasing Holocaust awareness, is discussed.

The article discusses American responses to the trial and arrest of anti-communist Hungarian Catholic martyr Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty in Hungary during Cold War years of 1948 and 1949. An overview of American Catholics' protests over Mindszenty's trial, including petitions created by anti-Communist Cardinal Francis Spellman, is provided.

An essay is presented about historians' use of egodocuments in historiography. Topics discussed include Dutch academic historian Jacques Presser's introduction of the term egodocument in 1958, the use of egodocuments from the Renaissance era to the 20th century, and forms of autobiographical texts. Also mentioned are the rise and fall of biography in historiography and the emergence of digital historiography.

The article discusses Liberal responses to continental nationalism before identifying sections of the Liberal party in Victorian Britain and the British attitudes during the Eastern crisis in the 1870s. Topics cited include the similarity between the British reactions to the Cretan insurrection in the 1860s and the Liberal responses to the Eastern Question in the 1870s, the Liberal comments on Greece during the Cretan crisis, and Greece's interference in the Turkish-Cretan conflict.

An essay is presented on the failure of the family of Ukraine Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi to become the hereditary rulers of Ukraine. Topics covered include the political tradition, process and culture of 17th-century Ukraine, the impact of the death of Khmelnytskyi on July 27, 1657, and the association of dynasty and hereditary succession with sovereignty and power. It also discusses the thwarted dynasty of military leader Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in England, Scotland and Ireland.

The article discusses the important role of German politician Gustav von Kahr in forming the radical right in post-World War Bavaria. Topics covered include the formation of Bavaria's paramilitary known as the Civil Guards in May 1919, how the Civil Guards undermined Kah's political program, and the formation of movements like the Nazi Party of German politician Adolf Hitler and the organizations of political leader General Erich Ludendorff upon the dissolution of the Civil Guards.

The article examines the interaction between Argentine political, scientific, and social entities that permitted the recognition of Chagas' disease as endemic in Argentina during the early 20th century, particularly the relationship between Argentine public health agenda changes and Argentine national identity. It discusses the significance of Argentine physician Salvador Mazza, the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and the Argentine agency the National Department of Hygiene (DNH). According to the article, Chagas' disease was discovered by Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas in 1909.

An essay is presented concerning the significance of the arms trade between the Soviet Union and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) prior to the Korean War. It discusses the quality of Soviet military aid to the DPRK, particularly the obsolescence of captured Japanese arms from World War II that the Soviets initially gave the DPRK, the increase of orders for Soviet-manufactured arms from DPRK leader Kim Il Sung, and the assistance of the Soviet Union of a creation of a military industry in the DPRK. It also discusses Soviet importation of food from the DPRK.

An essay is presented concerning the longevity of Safavid rule in Iran and how its rulers were able to withstand tension between the center of Safavid rule and its far-flung territories in the western borderlands between Iran and Iraq and eastern Anatolia, and the frontier zone of Sistan and Baluchistan. It examines the leadership of Safavid shahs 'Abbas I and 'Abbas II, the autonomy of tribal warlords such as Sayyid Mubarak b. Mutallib, and potential conflict with the people known as the Kurds. The article also discusses the significance of Kurdistan tribal chief Soleyman Baba.

The article discusses the use of violence and intimidation by British political and economic elites operating in North America against white subordinates such as indentured servants, Native Americans, and black slaves during the 17th and 18th centuries. It examines the often brutal methods of punishment inherent in the British legal system of the time, English common law, the punitive slave codes in British America that permitted whippings and capital punishment for slaves, and attitudes towards Native Americans by colonial governments.

The article focuses on the military intelligence gathered by Russia during the July Crisis of 1914, which led to the outbreak of World War I. The author discusses the history of military intelligence gathering in Russia after 1905, explores Russia's relationship with Austria-Hungary during the mobilization crisis of 1912, and examines Russia's reaction to Austria-Hungary declaring war against Serbia in 1914.

The article focuses on Imperial German strategic planning prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The author discusses Germany's lack of an integrated national strategy before 1914, explores the military power of Prusso-German king-emperor Wilhelm II, and examines the German constitutions of 1867 and 1871 in regard to military planning and authoritarianism. The strategy known as the "Schlieffen plan" is also analyzed.

The article discusses archival collections that contain materials about the European community in the post-World War II era, focusing on how the relationship between Europe and Yugoslavia is represented in those archives. Other topics include the different approaches taken by European Community archives and Yugoslav archives, information on the relationship between Yugoslavia and the European Economic Community, and a discussion of the translation and preservation of records by each entity.

The article discusses the anti-tobacco movement in the U.S. during the 19th century, focusing on anti-tobacco sentiments that appeared in periodicals between 1800-1870. Other topics include the development of anti-tobacco societies in the Northern states, attacks on the agricultural, moral, and physiological effects of tobacco, and also discusses the grip that tobacco use had on society during the 19th century.

The article discusses the 1947 territorial partition of India, East Pakistan, and West Pakistan, focusing on the historiography of the mass migration that accompanied the partition. Other topics include a discussion of how historians have studied the partition and the violence associated with it since 1947, contradictions between nationalist accounts of the partition and oral histories, and information on feminist scholarship that reveals the violence against women that occurred.