Hitler’s Generals: The Origins of Complicity
August 17, 2016
Ben H. Shepherd— For decades after the Second World War, the German army of the Third Reich retained an image as an oasis of decency amid the depravities of the… READ MORE
Category: History
The Olympians of Ancient Greece
August 12, 2016
Neil Faulkner— In the early days, the Olympics seem to have been an informal local festival with only aristocratic contestants. Athletes competed not so much as representatives of their cities… READ MORE
Frederick Barbarossa’s Bittersweet Ending
July 28, 2016
John Freed— On 22 June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa. Hitler’s personal decision to name the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union after Frederick Barbarossa (b. 1122, r. 1152-90) was… READ MORE
The Prince Who Saved the Magna Carta
July 27, 2016
Catherine Hanley— Have you ever heard of Magna Carta? It’s likely that you have: the document is famous throughout much of the world and has come to represent enduring freedom… READ MORE
How the Kennedys Succeeded in America’s Class Blindspot
July 26, 2016
Godfrey Hodgson— Kennedy was the first president not just of the age of national media but of the age of national corporate business and national popular culture, whose centers were… READ MORE
Life during the Bangladesh War
July 25, 2016
Salil Tripathi— I was not yet ten when the first refugees from the country formerly known as East Pakistan began arriving in India. Our parents and our teachers told us… READ MORE
Extra, Extra, Read all about Jacques the Jacobin
July 19, 2016
Janet Polasky— Jacques the Jacobin did not actually exist. His was a fictional account published in the most widely read of the multitude of new French newspapers, Les Révolutions de… READ MORE
Duwamish Federal Recognition: Making Family Reunions Sovereign as Well as Sweet
July 18, 2016
Katrina Jagodinsky— For many Americans, summer is a season marked by patriotic holidays and family gatherings. Memorial Day kicks off our appreciation for military service and three-day weekends, Fourth of… READ MORE
Happy Birthday, Louis Barthas!
July 14, 2016
Louis Barthas; Translated by Edward M. Strauss— Poilu author Louis Barthas was born on Bastille Day, July 14, 1879. In honor of his 137th birthday, here are two letters that… READ MORE
Birders of Kenya, 2016
July 13, 2016
Nancy J. Jacobs— June 2016 brought me to Kenya, where birders of all feathers are flourishing. As the easternmost remnant of Guineo-Congolian rain forest, the Kakamega Forest is an attractive destination for… READ MORE
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