The Price of the Carthaginian Policy in Greece
June 24, 2016
James K. Galbraith— In the United States we do not consider that there is such a thing as a people of Florida or Rhode Island or even of Texas, who… READ MORE
Category: European History
Accidental Circumnavigators
June 23, 2016
Harry Kelsey— The men who sailed for Spain in the sixteenth century were descended from a long line of veterans who had served in the armies of Leon and Castile… READ MORE
Are Hungarians Melancholic?
June 8, 2016
László F. Földényi— This past April, the American edition of my book Melancholy was presented at the Rubin Museum in New York. While spending a week in the city, meeting… READ MORE
Remembering the Reign of Henry IV
June 7, 2016
Chris Given-Wilson— When Henry of Bolingbroke seized the throne from his cousin King Richard II in September 1399, he presented himself to the people of England as the champion of… READ MORE
Personal Accounts of the French Revolution
May 24, 2016
Peter McPhee— The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in history. Its achievements and triumphs—like its deceptions and atrocities—were of a scale that has made its stature unique…. READ MORE
Why Was Victorian London So Dirty?
May 23, 2016
Lee Jackson— In 1899, the Chinese ambassador was asked his opinion of Victorian London at the zenith of its imperial grandeur. He replied, laconically, ‘too dirty’. He was only stating… READ MORE
A Volcano in Constant Eruption: Surviving the Hell of Verdun
May 12, 2016
One hundred years ago, in May 1916, the costliest, bloodiest battle of World War I’s Western Front – Verdun – had raged for three months without slackening. French and German… READ MORE
Myths That Make History
April 27, 2016
Graham Seal— Ancient though their origins may be, the world’s many myths and legends have played an important role in history. Frightening fables of unknown southern lands, tales of lost… READ MORE
Words and Politics: Lessons from Nuremberg
March 30, 2016
Joel E. Dimsdale— Seventy years ago the international military tribunal at Nuremberg sentenced Julius Streicher to death for incitement of violence. It was one of the court’s most controversial judgments…. READ MORE
Russia—the perennial empire
March 21, 2016
Agnia Grigas— With the annexation of Crimea in March 2014, Russia has re-emerged at the forefront of the policy debate not only in academia, but also among the policy-making elite… READ MORE
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