A Sociological Look at World War Combat
April 24, 2017
Alan Allport— The Second World War was not just one of the two greatest military efforts ever undertaken by the United Kingdom, but also, albeit quite by chance, one of… READ MORE
Category: History
Architect of the Holocaust
April 21, 2017
Martin Kitchen— The Oxford historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, whom British Intelligence had appointed to counter Soviet claims that Hitler was not dead but had sought refuge with the Western Allies, interviewed… READ MORE
The Backdrop of the Crisis in Syria
April 20, 2017
Itamar Rabinovich— An atrocious civil war has been raging in Syria for more than six years now. More than half a million Syrians have been killed thus far, and more… READ MORE
Benjamin Franklin on Immigration
April 12, 2017
To celebrate the publication of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin: Volume 42 this month, we’re highlighting the founding father’s opinions on immigration as found in his letters and pamphlets. The following excerpt… READ MORE
Remembering (and Forgetting) Collective History
April 11, 2017
David Rieff— Lawrence Binyon’s poem “For the Fallen” was first published in the London Times on September 21, 1914, six weeks after the Great War had begun. It is sometimes… READ MORE
The CIA’s Drone Policy Under Trump
April 10, 2017
Christopher J. Fuller— President Trump’s agenda has borrowed heavily from Reagan. Tax cuts, a military buildup, and even the slogan “Make America Great Again” were all signatures of the 1980… READ MORE
A Brief History of the Reformation
April 7, 2017
Noted historian and author Carlos Eire breaks down some of the myths about Martin Luther and the Reformation and provides an insightful look at the history of the Catholic and… READ MORE
Looking Back at the First World War
April 6, 2017
Today marks the centennial of the United States’ entry into World War I. To commemorate the day, we sat down with Bruno Cabanes, author of August 1914: France, the Great… READ MORE
How Erskine Childers Became My Friend
March 31, 2017
Karen M. Paget— I met Erskine Childers, a former officer of the National Student Association and a distinguished United Nations official, long after he died. If that seems impossible, let… READ MORE
Cnut: Danish Warlord and Anglo-Saxon King
March 29, 2017
Timothy Bolton— The events of Cnut’s life are relatively straightforward to chronicle. He was born sometime in the decade before the year 1000 in Denmark, as the second son of… READ MORE
Red Sky at Morning at Twenty: A Reflection