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President Lyndon Baines Johnson was responsible for decisively turning American policy towards the State of Israel from one of lukewarm acceptance and recognition of its right to exist towards an unabashedly pro-Israeli stance that sought to take partial responsibility for Israe…

Despite contextual conditions unique to every manifestation of political Islam, there exist certain commonalities among movement identity politics which allow for an analysis of how collective action changes over time. The initial formation of group identity in these movements i…

This study is an attempt to trace the evolution of the medieval phoenix icon and its attendant symbolism (e.g., numbers, meanders, chevrons, olive branches) and meaning (e.g., resurrection, inconquerable spirit, self-regeneration, androgyny). The study follows these attendant sy…