//  These variables get pumped into the video popup window 

PBSVideoWindow_X=760;
PBSVideoWindow_Y=400;


function launchPop(file,title,desc) {

	// get appropriate information from links
	
	if (title=='Gold_1') {
		var longtitle="The Gold Rush: Who got left behind?";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20U.S.%20benefits%20greatly%20from%20the%20new%20lands%20won%20from%20Mexico%20in%20the%20war%2C%20most%20immediately%20by%20virtue%20of%20the%20California%20Gold%20Rush.%20Meanwhile%2C%20the%20Mexicans%20and%20Indians%20who%20have%20been%20living%20on%20the%20land%20for%20generations%20become%20at%20very%20best%2C%20%93second-class%20citizens.%94"
	} else if (title=='Songs_1') {
		var longtitle="The Battle of Palo Alto and the death of Major Ringgold";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Amidst%20great%20carnage%2C%20the%20U.S.%20defeats%20Mexico%20in%20the%20first%20battle%20of%20the%20war%2C%20the%20Battle%20of%20Palo%20Alto.%20One%20of%20the%20first%20American%20fatalities%20is%20Major%20Samuel%20Ringgold%2C%20who%20will%20later%20be%20remembered%20in%20a%20popular%20patriotic%20song."
	} else if (title=='Songs_2') {
		var longtitle="Patriotic songs and the “romance” of war";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Sheet%20music%20and%20patriotic%20songs%20like%20%93The%20Death%20of%20Ringgold%94%20sweep%20the%20U.S.%2C%20inspiring%20dreams%20of%20heroism%20among%20many%20young%20men%20who%20will%20later%20volunteer%20to%20join%20the%20war%20effort."
	} else if (title=='Texas_1') {
		var longtitle="Mexico after independence: Much land, few settlers";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=After%20its%20long%20war%20of%20independence%20against%20Spain%2C%20Mexico%20has%20few%20resources%20to%20develop%20its%20faraway%20territories%20in%20what%20is%20now%20the%20western%20U.S.%20The%20U.S.%20wants%20to%20buy%20these%20lands%2C%20but%20out%20of%20national%20pride%2C%20Mexico%20will%20refuse%20to%20sell%20them."
	} else if (title=='Texas_2') {
		var longtitle="Mexico opens Texas to Americans who come to claim it as their own";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Mexico%20opens%20up%20Texas%20to%20American%20immigrants%2C%20leading%20to%20a%20flood%20of%20new%20English-speaking%20settlers%20in%20the%20territory.%20Later%2C%20these%20Americans%20will%20be%20led%20by%20Sam%20Houston%20into%20a%20revolt%20against%20Mexico%20and%20President%20Antonio%20Lop%E9z%20de%20Santa%20Anna."
	} else if (title=='Texas_3') {
		var longtitle="Sam Houston\'s Texans avenge the Alamo and defeat Santa Anna at San Jacinto";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=After%20Santa%20Anna%92s%20forces%20rout%20the%20Texans%20at%20the%20Alamo%20and%20Goliad%2C%20Sam%20Houston%92s%20army%20defeats%20the%20Mexicans%20at%20the%20Battle%20of%20San%20Jacinto.%20Later%2C%20the%20Texans%20and%20the%20Americans%20will%20regard%20this%20as%20the%20birth%20of%20the%20independent%20republic%20of%20Texas%2C%20but%20Mexico%20will%20continue%20to%20claim%20Texas%20as%20its%20territory."
	} else if (title=='Texas_4') {
		var longtitle="The U.S. angers Mexico by annexing Texas ";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20U.S.%20Congress%20votes%20to%20annex%20Texas.%20Mexico%2C%20which%20has%20never%20recognized%20Texas%20as%20an%20independent%20republic%2C%20protests%20this%20action%2C%20and%20its%20Minister%20to%20the%20U.S.%2C%20Juan%20Almonte%2C%20breaks%20off%20diplomatic%20relations%20with%20the%20United%20States."
	} else if (title=='Texas_5') {
		var longtitle="Polk and Herrera: Diplomacy and disputed land";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Mexican%20President%20Herrera%20is%20willing%20to%20accept%20a%20meeting%20with%20a%20U.S.%20envoy%20to%20discuss%20the%20question%20of%20Texas.%20However%2C%20when%20U.S.%20President%20Polk%20does%20send%20an%20envoy%20to%20Mexico%2C%20the%20mission%20is%20not%20to%20talk%20about%20Texas%20%28which%20is%20regarded%20as%20a%20closed%20case%20by%20the%20Americans%29%2C%20but%20to%20talk%20about%20the%20purchase%20of%20the%20Mexican%20territories%20of%20California%20and%20New%20Mexico."
	} else if (title=='Texas_6') {
		var longtitle="Polk orders American troops into disputed territory";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=After%20a%20failed%20diplomatic%20mission%2C%20U.S.%20President%20Polk%20orders%20American%20troops%20to%20cross%20the%20Nueces%20River%20into%20disputed%20territory%20along%20the%20border%20of%20Texas%20and%20Mexico.%20This%20further%20inflames%20the%20conflict%20between%20the%20U.S.%20and%20Mexico."
	} else if (title=='Memorial_1') {
		var longtitle="The Battle of Chapultepec and “Los Niños Héroes”";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20Americans%20defeat%20the%20badly%20outnumbered%20Mexican%20forces%20in%20the%20Battle%20of%20Chapultepec.%20A%20group%20of%20young%20Mexicans%20%28known%20as%20the%20%93Boy%20Heroes%20of%20Chapultepec%94%20or%20%93Los%20Ni%F1os%20H%E9roes%94%29%20give%20their%20lives%20rather%20than%20surrender%20and%20are%20later%20remembered%20in%20a%20famous%20war%20memorial%20in%20Mexico%20City."
	} else if (title=='Memorial_2') {
		var longtitle="President Truman visits the Chapultepec memorial";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=President%20Harry%20S.%20Truman%20becomes%20the%20first%20American%20President%20to%20visit%20Mexico%20City.%20He%20pays%20tribute%20to%20%93Los%20Ni%F1os%20H%E9roes%94%20at%20the%20Chapultepec%20memorial%20and%20tells%20Mexicans%20that%20%93a%20strong%20nation%20does%20not%20have%20the%20right%20to%20impose%20its%20will%2C%20by%20reason%20of%20its%20strength%2C%20upon%20a%20weaker%20nation.%94"
	} else if (title=='Media_1') {
		var longtitle="Mexican news stories lead to the downfall of President Herrera";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20Mexican%20press%20has%20a%20direct%20impact%20on%20the%20war%20when%20it%20claims%20that%20Mexican%20President%20Jos%E9%20Joaqu%EEn%20de%20Herrera%20is%20about%20to%20sell%20the%20nation%92s%20northern%20territories%20to%20the%20U.S.%20This%20leads%20to%20a%20shift%20in%20public%20opinion%20against%20Herrera%20and%20ultimately%2C%20the%20demise%20of%20his%20presidential%20administration."
	} else if (title=='Media_2') {
		var longtitle="American news reporting promotes the war to an excited nation";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20U.S.-Mexican%20War%20is%20the%20first%20American%20war%20to%20be%20covered%20by%20mass-circulation%20newspapers.%20The%20reporting%20and%20editorials%20of%20writers%20like%20Walt%20Whitman%20of%20the%20Brooklyn%20Eagle%20inspire%20much%20excitement%20among%20American%20readers%20and%20help%20to%20increase%20the%20recruitment%20of%20soldiers%20to%20fight%20the%20war."
	} else if (title=='Manifest_1') {
		var longtitle="Two nations\' identities: Looking forward and looking back"
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20U.S.%20and%20Mexico%20have%20very%20different%20ideas%20of%20themselves%20as%20nations.%20The%20U.S.%20looks%20forward%20to%20a%20future%20as%20a%20%93go-ahead%94%20nation%2C%20enthusiastically%20expanding%20into%20the%20modern%20world%2C%20while%20Mexico%20looks%20back%20in%20time%20to%20its%20historical%20roots%20in%20the%20Spanish%20and%20Native%20cultures."
	} else if (title=='Manifest_2') {
		var longtitle="Mexico in the shadow of its own history";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Mexico%20is%20described%20as%20a%20nation%20%93bound%20by%20the%20legacy%20of%20Spanish%20colonialism%2C%94%20a%20place%20in%20which%20the%20present%20is%20%93but%20a%20pale%20reflection%20of%20the%20past.%94"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_3') {
		var longtitle="The American Indians: Protecting sacred land";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20American%20Indians%20of%20the%20Southwest%20look%20neither%20forward%20nor%20backward%20to%20find%20meaning%2C%20but%20rather%20to%20their%20land.%20With%20a%20tradition%20of%20playing%20colonial%20powers%20off%20against%20each%20other%2C%20the%20Indians%20initially%20side%20with%20the%20Americans%20against%20the%20Mexicans%20during%20the%20war%2C%20but%20they%20ultimately%20face%20disastrous%20results."
	} else if (title=='Manifest_3a') {
		var longtitle="Polk uses his inaugural address to advocate U.S. expansion";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=James%20K.%20Polk%20delivers%20his%20inaugural%20address%2C%20proclaiming%20that%20the%20U.S.%20must%20continue%20to%20expand%20and%20%93extend%20the%20dominions%20of%20peace.%94"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_4') {
		var longtitle="Manifest Destiny and American continental expansion";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20idea%20of%20Manifest%20Destiny%2C%20a%20high-minded%20combination%20of%20idealism%20and%20racism%2C%20takes%20hold%20in%20the%20U.S.%20and%20drives%20Americans%20to%20expand%20their%20nation%20across%20the%20North%20American%20continent.%20"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_5') {
		var longtitle="The United States declares war on Mexico ";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=President%20Polk%20signs%20a%20declaration%20of%20war%20against%20Mexico.%20He%20hopes%20to%20not%20only%20secure%20the%20border%20of%20Texas%2C%20but%20also%20to%20gain%20from%20Mexico%20the%20commercially%20valuable%20territories%20of%20California%20and%20New%20Mexico."
	} else if (title=='Manifest_5a') {
		var longtitle="Kearney's army marches west to conquer New Mexico and California";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=U.S.%20Colonel%20Stephen%20Kearny%92s%20%93Army%20of%20the%20West%94%20marches%20from%20Kansas%20to%20New%20Mexico%20and%20California%2C%20with%20the%20mission%20of%20conquering%20the%20western%20half%20of%20North%20America.%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%3Cbr%20%2F"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_6') {
		var longtitle="American entrepreneurs and the “mercantile conquest” of the Southwest";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=American%20businessmen%20come%20to%20New%20Mexico%20via%20the%20Santa%20Fe%20Trail%20and%20begin%20the%20%93mercantile%20conquest%94%20of%20what%20will%20ultimately%20become%20the%20southwestern%20United%20States.%20"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_7') {
		var longtitle="American settlers head west to seek prosperity in California";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=The%20isolated%20and%20sparsely%20settled%20Mexican%20state%20of%20California%20welcomes%20immigrants%20from%20other%20countries%2C%20particularly%20the%20U.S.%2C%20to%20come%20live%20in%20its%20territory.%20Soon%20thousands%20of%20Americans%20travel%20west%20and%20try%20to%20make%20their%20fortune%20in%20California."
	} else if (title=='Manifest_8') {
		var longtitle="The war and slavery: Some American voices of dissent ";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=As%20the%20war%20drags%20on%2C%20some%20American%20anti-war%20sentiment%2C%20centered%20primarily%20around%20the%20issue%20of%20slavery%2C%20begins%20to%20grow.%20The%20vast%20majority%20of%20Americans%2C%20however%2C%20still%20strongly%20support%20%93Mr.%20Polk%92s%20War.%94"
	} else if (title=='Manifest_9') {
		var longtitle="Looking back: A just war?";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=While%20the%20U.S.%20gained%20much%20from%20its%20defeat%20of%20Mexico%2C%20some%20see%20the%20war%20as%20leading%20inevitably%20to%20the%20American%20Civil%20War%2C%20while%20others%20like%20Ulysses%20S.%20Grant%2C%20who%20fought%20in%20the%20U.S.-Mexican%20War%2C%20regard%20it%20as%20%93one%20of%20the%20most%20unjust%20ever%20waged%20by%20a%20stronger%20against%20a%20weaker%20nation.%94"
	} 


	launchPBSVideoPlayer(file,longtitle,realdesc);
}


// ===================BEGIN SPANISH VERSION OF THE VIDEO POPUP SCRIPT ============================


function launchPop_esp(file,title,desc) {

	// get appropriate information from links
	
	if (title=='Gold_1') {
		var longtitle="La fiebre del oro: ¿quién se quedó atrás?";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Estados%20Unidos%20se%20beneficia%20enormemente%20con%20los%20nuevos%20territorios%20ganados%20a%20M%E9xico%20en%20la%20guerra.%20El%20beneficio%20m%E1s%20inmediato%20es%20el%20obtenido%20gracias%20a%20la%20fiebre%20del%20oro%20en%20California.%20Mientras%20tanto%2C%20los%20mexicanos%20y%20los%20indios%20que%20hab%EDan%20estado%20viviendo%20en%20esas%20tierras%20por%20generaciones%20se%20convierten%2C%20en%20el%20mejor%20de%20los%20casos%2C%20en%20%93ciudadanos%20de%20segunda%20clase%94."
	} else if (title=='Songs_1') {
		var longtitle="La Batalla de Palo Alto y la muerte del mayor Ringgold";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=En%20medio%20de%20una%20gran%20matanza%2C%20Estados%20Unidos%20vence%20a%20M%E9xico%20en%20la%20primera%20batalla%20de%20la%20guerra%3A%20la%20Batalla%20de%20Palo%20Alto.%20Una%20de%20las%20primeras%20muertes%20entre%20los%20estadounidenses%20es%20la%20del%20mayor%20Samuel%20Ringgold%2C%20que%20m%E1s%20tarde%20ser%E1%20recordado%20en%20una%20canci%F3n%20patri%F3tica%20popular."
	} else if (title=='Songs_2') {
		var longtitle="Las canciones patrióticas y el aspecto ‘romántico’ de la guerra";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Las%20partituras%20y%20las%20canciones%20patri%F3ticas%20como%20%93The%20Death%20of%20Ringgold%94%20%28La%20muerte%20de%20Ringgold%29%20recorren%20Estados%20Unidos%20e%20inspiran%20sue%F1os%20de%20hero%EDsmo%20entre%20muchos%20j%F3venes%20que%20m%E1s%20tarde%20se%20convertir%E1n%20en%20voluntarios%20para%20la%20guerra."
	} else if (title=='Texas_1') {
		var longtitle="México después de la independencia: mucha tierra y pocos colonos";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Tras%20su%20larga%20guerra%20de%20independencia%20de%20Espa%F1a%2C%20M%E9xico%20ten%EDa%20pocos%20recursos%20para%20desarrollar%20sus%20territorios%20lejanos%20en%20lo%20que%20ahora%20es%20el%20oeste%20estadounidense.%20Estados%20Unidos%20quiere%20comprar%20esas%20tierras%2C%20pero%20por%20orgullo%20nacional%2C%20M%E9xico%20se%20negar%E1%20a%20venderlas."
	} else if (title=='Texas_2') {
		var longtitle="México abre la puerta de Texas a estadounidenses que luego la reclaman como propia";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=M%E9xico%20abre%20las%20puertas%20para%20la%20inmigraci%F3n%20de%20estadounidenses%20a%20Texas%20y%20eso%20acarrea%20la%20llegada%20de%20un%20gran%20n%FAmero%20de%20colonos%20angl%F3fonos%20al%20territorio.%20M%E1s%20tarde%2C%20estos%20estadounidenses%20ser%E1n%20conducidos%20por%20Sam%20Houston%20a%20una%20revuelta%20contra%20M%E9xico%20y%20el%20presidente%20Antonio%20L%F3pez%20de%20Santa%20Anna."
	} else if (title=='Texas_3') {
		var longtitle="Los texanos de Sam Houston se vengan por el Álamo y vencen a Santa Anna en San Jacinto";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Despu%E9s%20de%20que%20las%20fuerzas%20de%20Santa%20Anna%20derrotan%20a%20los%20texanos%20en%20el%20%C1lamo%20y%20Goliad%2C%20el%20ej%E9rcito%20de%20Sam%20Houston%20vence%20a%20los%20mexicanos%20en%20la%20Batalla%20de%20San%20Jacinto.%20M%E1s%20tarde%2C%20los%20texanos%20y%20los%20estadounidenses%20ver%E1n%20este%20hecho%20como%20el%20nacimiento%20de%20la%20rep%FAblica%20independiente%20de%20Texas%2C%20pero%20M%E9xico%20continuar%E1%20reclamando%20a%20Texas%20como%20territorio%20propio."
	} else if (title=='Texas_4') {
		var longtitle="Los Estados Unidos enojan México adjuntando Texas";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=El%20Congreso%20estadounidense%20vota%20a%20favor%20de%20la%20anexi%F3n%20de%20Texas.%20M%E9xico%2C%20que%20nunca%20ha%20reconocido%20a%20Texas%20como%20rep%FAblica%20independiente%2C%20protesta%20contra%20dicha%20acci%F3n%2C%20y%20su%20ministro%20ante%20Estados%20Unidos%2C%20Juan%20Almonte%2C%20rompe%20las%20relaciones%20diplom%E1ticas%20con%20Estados%20Unidos."
	} else if (title=='Texas_5') {
		var longtitle="Polk y Herrera:  Diplomacia y  tierra disputada";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=El%20presidente%20mexicano%20Herrera%20est%E1%20anuente%20a%20reunirse%20con%20el%20enviado%20de%20Estados%20Unidos%20para%20discutir%20la%20cuesti%F3n%20de%20Texas.%20Sin%20embargo%2C%20cuando%20el%20presidente%20estadounidense%20Polk%20manda%20un%20enviado%20a%20M%E9xico%2C%20la%20misi%F3n%20no%20es%20para%20hablar%20sobre%20Texas%20%28que%20para%20los%20estadounidenses%20es%20un%20caso%20cerrado%29%2C%20sino%20para%20hablar%20de%20la%20compra%20de%20los%20territorios%20mexicanos%20de%20California%20y%20Nuevo%20M%E9xico."
	} else if (title=='Texas_6') {
		var longtitle="Polk envía tropas estadounidenses al territorio en disputa";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Tras%20una%20misi%F3n%20diplom%E1tica%20fallida%2C%20el%20presidente%20estadounidense%20Polk%20ordena%20a%20las%20tropas%20estadounidenses%20que%20crucen%20el%20r%EDo%20Nueces%20y%20entren%20al%20territorio%20en%20disputa%20a%20lo%20largo%20de%20la%20frontera%20entre%20Texas%20y%20M%E9xico.%20Esto%20exacerba%20a%FAn%20m%E1s%20el%20conflicto%20entre%20Estados%20Unidos%20y%20M%E9xico."
	} else if (title=='Memorial_1') {
		var longtitle="La Batalla de Chapultepec y “los Niños Héroes”";
		var realdesc = "playertemplate=/kera/usmexicanwar/incl/video_template.html&description=Los%20estadounidenses%2C%20muy%20superiores%20en%20n%FAmero%2C%20vencen%20a%20las%20fuerzas%20mexicanas%20en%20la%20Batalla%20de%20Chapultepec.%20Un%20grupo%20de%20j%F3venes%20cadetes%20mexicanos%20%28conocido%20como%20Los%20Ni%F1os%20H%E9roes%29%20dan%20sus%20vidas%20en%20lugar%20de%20rendirse%20y%20son%20recordados%20en%20un%20famoso%20monumento%20a%20esta%20guerra%20en%20la%20Ciudad%20de%20M%E9xico."
	} else if (title=='Memorial_2') {
		var longtitle="El presidente Truman visita el monumento de Chapultepec";
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		var longtitle="Las noticias mexicanas conducen a la caída del presidente Herrera";
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		var longtitle="Los informes de noticias estadounidenses promueven la guerra ante una nación enardecida";
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		var longtitle="Las identidades de dos naciones: la mirada al futuro y la mirada al pasado"
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		var longtitle="México a la sombra de su propia historia";
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		var longtitle="Los indios estadounidenses y la protección de la tierra sagrada";
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		var longtitle="Polk utilize su discurso inaugural para recomendar la expansion de Estados Unidos";
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		var longtitle="El destino manifiesto y la expansión continental estadounidense";
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		var longtitle="Estados Unidos declara la guerra a México";
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		var longtitle="El ejército de Kearny avanza hacia el oeste para conquistar Nuevo México y California";
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		var longtitle="Los empresarios estadounidenses y la ‘conquista mercantil’ del sudoeste";
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		var longtitle="Colonos estadounidenses se dirigen al oeste a buscar prosperidad en California";
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		var longtitle="La guerra y la esclavitud: algunas de las voces estadounidenses del disenso";
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		var longtitle="Una mirada al pasado: ¿fue una guerra justa?";
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