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Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with well over 100 documents to chronicle the major events of the year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more. Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, each volume covers the same wide range of topics: business, the economy and labor; energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation; government and politics; health and social services; international affairs; national security and terrorism; and rights and justice. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year’s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents, and each event includes references to related coverage and documents from the last ten editions of the series.
U.S. and Iranian Leaders Remark on Attacks : January 3, January 8, and January 9, 2020
U.S. and Iranian Leaders Remark on Attacks : January 3, January 8, and January 9, 2020
After a year of escalating tensions between the two nations, the United States and Iran engaged in a series of military attacks in the early months of 2020. In January, the United States carried out a drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the high-profile leader of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force, prompting an outpouring of grief by the Iranian people and retaliatory strikes by the Iranian government. In the United States, the attack against Soleimani revived an on-again, off-again debate in Congress over the need for a revised Authorization for the Use of Military Force ...
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