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In the history of what is now the United States, Florida holds a preeminent position. The Florida peninsula was explored by Spaniard Ponce de Leon in 1513. Pensacola Bay is the site of the first European settlement in the nation in 1559. Six years later, Pedro Menendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine, the country's oldest city in continuous existence. The French came into the area in 1564 and the British in 1586. All of this activity was prior to the Virginia and Massachusetts English settlements in the early part of the next century. Florida, however, did not become a territory of the United States until 1821 when it was acquired from Spain. It became a state in 1845.

Of the two prominent schools of political thought loosely labeled Utopian and realist, the first has been subjected to rigorous criticism. There is increasing evidence that- the realist position needs equally close examination. This paper considers one position from which such an examination can be made systematically.The assumption of leadership of the Western world by the United States has been generally accepted by American statesmen, scholars and publicists as a necessary but painful task. The Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations have understood that, in the circumstances following the second World War, the United States national interest could only be furthered through cooperation with other nations of the free world.

CONTENT: Document listing delegates and alternates to the Navajo Tribal council from of the Navajo Nation, covering parts of Arizona and New Mexico. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The collection includes the personal and business papers of Sam Day, Sr. (1845-1925) surveyor, Indian trader, legislator and United States Indian Commissioner; Anna Day, Sam Sr.'s wife (1872-1932); and of their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), United States deputy Marshall. The collection includes information on Navajo culture, stories and legends; the looting of Canyon del Muerta, and the Frank Dugan murder.

Die Machtverhältnisse zwischen Kongreß und Präsident hinsichtlich der Entsendung von Kampftruppen zum Einsatz ins Ausland waren schon seit Bestehen der Verfassung ein Politikum. Anhand des Beispiels des Einsatzes von Truppen in Bosnien wird gezeigt, daß, obwohl die Mehrheit des Kongresses nicht der Partei von Bill Clinton angehörte und ein Konformitätsdruck wie zu Zeiten des Kalten Krieges nicht existierte, die parlamentarische Seite eine Entscheidung des Präsidenten nicht unterläuft und damit die Handlungsfähigkeit der USA behindert. (SWP-Fnk)

THIS AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, MAJOR CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT. INCLUDED AMONG THESE ARE CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF CONSTITUENCY ASSOCIATIONS AND NEW PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION AND ADOPTION OF CANDIDATES. THIS DISCUSSION CENTERS ON THE CHANGES RELATING TO CONSITUENCY ORGANIZATIONS.

The Bible has always been an integral part of American political culture. Yet in the years before the Civil War, it was the Old Testament, not the New Testament, that pervaded political rhetoric. From Revolutionary times through about 1830, numerous American politicians, commentators, ministers, and laymen depicted their young nation as a new, God-chosen Israel and relied on the Old Testament for political guidance.In this original book, historian Eran Shalev closely examines how this powerful predilection for Old Testament narratives and rhetoric in early America shaped a wide range of debates and cultural discussions—from republican ideology, constitutional interpretation, southern slavery, and more generally the meaning of American nationalism to speculations on the origins of American Indians and to the emergence of Mormonism. Shalev argues that the effort to shape the United States as a biblical nation reflected conflicting attitudes within the culture—proudly boastful on the one hand but uncertain about its abilities and ultimate destiny on the other. With great nuance, American Zion explores for the first time the meaning and lasting effects of the idea of the United States as a new Israel and sheds new light on our understanding of the nation's origins and culture during the founding and antebellum decades

Kann regionale Stabilität besser durch einen internationalen Vertrag, wie in der Antarktis, oder durch ein pragmatisches Regime, wie den Arktis-Rat, gesichert werden? Ein Vergleich beider Systeme und der unterschiedlichen regionalen Bedingungen zeigt, dass die vertrauensvolle Kooperation in der Arktis besser geeignet ist, Konflikte zu schlichten. (IP)