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William Roger Louis

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William Roger Louis CBE FBA (born May 8, 1936), also known as Wm. [1]

58 relations: Alan Bullock, Albert Hourani, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Historical Association, Anthony Low, Area studies, Barrington Moore Jr., British Academy, British Empire, British Studies Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, Clement Attlee, Cold War, Democratic Party (United States), Ernest May (historian), Fellow of the British Academy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, George Louis Beer Prize, Harry Ransom Center, Harvard University, Henry Kissinger, J. C. Hurewitz, John Andrew Gallagher, Judith M. Brown, Karl Marx, Konrad Adenauer, Library of Congress, Margery Perham, Marshall Scholarship, Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Nancy Kissinger, National Endowment for the Humanities, Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, Northwest Classen High School, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Order of the British Empire, Phi Beta Kappa, Rhodes House, Robert Blake, Baron Blake, Roger Owen (historian), Ronald Robinson, Rupert Emerson, Sarvepalli Gopal, St Antony's College, Oxford, Suez Canal, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, The New York Times, The Origins of the Second World War, The Oxford History of the British Empire, ..., University of Oklahoma, University of Oxford, University of Texas at Austin, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, World War II, Yale University, YMCA, 14 July Revolution. Expand index (8 more) »

Alan Bullock

Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock, (13 December 1914 – 2 February 2004) was a British historian.

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Albert Hourani

Albert Habib Hourani CBE (ألبرت حبيب حوراني Albart Ḥabīb Ḥūrānī; 31 March 1915 – 17 January 1993) was a British historian, specialising in the Middle East.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States of America.

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American Historical Association

The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States.

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Anthony Low

Donald Anthony Low (22 June 1927 – 12 February 2015), known as Anthony Low or D. A. Low, was a historian of modern South Asia, Africa, the British Commonwealth, and, especially, decolonization.

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Area studies

Area studies (also: regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/federal, or cultural regions.

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Barrington Moore Jr.

Barrington Moore Jr. (12 May 1913 – 16 October 2005) was an American political sociologist, and the son of forester Barrington Moore.

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British Academy

The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British Studies Seminar, University of Texas at Austin

British Studies, officially the Faculty Seminar on British Studies is a weekly seminar at the University of Texas at Austin that has met continually since 1975.

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Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British statesman of the Labour Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Ernest May (historian)

Ernest Richard May (November 19, 1928 – June 1, 2009) was an American historian of international relations whose 14 published books include analyses of American involvement in World War I and the causes of the Fall of France during World War II.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (جمال عبد الناصر حسين,; 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was the second President of Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death in 1970.

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George Louis Beer Prize

The George Louis Beer Prize is a book prize awarded by the American Historical Association for the best book in European international history from 1895 to the present written by a United States citizen or permanent resident.

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Harry Ransom Center

The Harry Ransom Center is an archive, library and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the United States and Europe for the purpose of advancing the study of the arts and humanities.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is an American statesman, political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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J. C. Hurewitz

Jacob Coleman Hurewitz (November 11, 1914 – May 16, 2008) was a professor emeritus in the political science department at Columbia University.

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John Andrew Gallagher

John "Jack" Andrew Gallagher, FBA (1 April 19195 March 1980) was a historian of the British Empire who between 1963 and 1970 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford and from 1971 until his death was the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge.

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Judith M. Brown

Judith M. Brown (born 9 July 1944) is a British historian of modern South Asia and Anglican priest.

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Karl Marx

Karl MarxThe name "Karl Heinrich Marx", used in various lexicons, is based on an error.

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Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Margery Perham

Dame Margery Freda Perham DCMG CBE FBA (6 September 1895 – 19 February 1982) was a British historian of, and writer on, African affairs.

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Marshall Scholarship

The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for "intellectually distinguished young Americans their country's future leaders" to study at any university in the United Kingdom.

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Max Beloff, Baron Beloff

Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, FBA, FRHistS, FRSA (2 July 1913 – 22 March 1999) was a British historian and Conservative peer.

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Mohammad Mosaddegh

Mohammad Mosaddegh (محمد مصدق;; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician.

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Nancy Kissinger

Nancy Sharon Kissinger (born April 13, 1934 as Nancy Maginnes) is an American philanthropist, and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

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National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

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Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry

The nationalization of the Iran oil industry movement (ملی شدن صنعت نفت) was a movement in the Iranian parliament (Majlis) to nationalize Iran's oil industry.

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Northwest Classen High School

Northwest Classen High School is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Oklahoma City Philharmonic

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Phi Beta Kappa

The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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Rhodes House

Rhodes House is part of the University of Oxford in England.

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Robert Blake, Baron Blake

Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake, (23 December 1916 – 20 September 2003), was an English historian and peer.

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Roger Owen (historian)

Edward Roger John Owen (born 1935) is a British historian who has written several classic works on the history of the modern Middle East.

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Ronald Robinson

Ronald "Robbie" Edward Robinson, FBA (3 September 1920 – 19 June 1999) was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1971 and 1987 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford.

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Rupert Emerson

Rupert Emerson (August 20, 1899, in Rye, NY – February 9, 1979, in Cambridge, MA) was a professor of political science and international relations.

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Sarvepalli Gopal

Sarvepalli Gopal (23 April 1923 – 20 April 2002) was a well-known Indian historian.

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St Antony's College, Oxford

St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Suez Canal

thumb The Suez Canal (قناة السويس) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

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The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth and comparative European colonial experiences.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Origins of the Second World War

The Origins of the Second World War is a non-fiction book by the English historian A. J. P. Taylor, examining the causes of World War II.

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The Oxford History of the British Empire

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a five-volume history of the British Empire published by the Oxford University Press in 1998 and 1999.

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University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a coeducational public research university in Norman, Oklahoma.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

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Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is a private non-profit operating foundation based in Princeton, New Jersey.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

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14 July Revolution

The 14 July Revolution, also known as the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état, took place on 14 July 1958 in Iraq, and resulted in the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy which had been established by King Faisal I in 1921 under the auspices of the British.

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