Wilfred Owen: WWI’s Peter Pan Poet
May 7, 2014
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. — from “Dulce et… READ MORE
Category: History
Book Excerpt: A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide
April 30, 2014
Follow @yaleRELIbooks Alon Confino‘s A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination from Persecution to Genocide centers itself around an important question: Why exactly did the Nazis burn the Hebrew Bible everywhere in Germany… READ MORE
Dispatches from Faith: Radiant Truth and America
April 28, 2014
Follow @JeffSharlet Follow @yaleRELIbooks Some stories are best told in fragments, built like mosaics from pieces brought together. The story of American religion, what belief can look like since the… READ MORE
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker
April 8, 2014
A “Must-Read” pick for the New York Post and a Daily Beast “Hot Reads” title! As discussed in our March”WAR!” theme, it remains of the utmost importance to consider… READ MORE
Video: Ship of Death, A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World
April 7, 2014
In 1792, a ship set sail from England with the best of intentions. Its tragic journey would change the course of history forever. Historian Billy Smith uncovered a remarkable story of tragedy… READ MORE
The Catholic Church’s Role in World Development
April 3, 2014
Follow @yaleRELIbooks Last week, President Obama and Pope Francis met for almost an hour in a much-anticipated private visit in which they discussed, among other issues, income inequality and global… READ MORE
March Theme: War!
March 31, 2014
Although it may be an uneasy topic, the discussion of war, military studies, and the related political and governmental histories and current events are a vital part of the cultural… READ MORE
Q&A With Kristie Macrakis, Author of Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies
Prisoners, Lovers, and Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda is a book about concealing and revealing secret communications. It is the first history of invisible writing, uncovered… READ MORE
In Memoriam: Tennent Bagley
March 27, 2014
Tennent Harrington Bagley, author and former C.I.A. officer, passed away on Feb. 20 in Brussels at the age of 88. While working for the C.I.A., Bagley assisted a Soviet spy,… READ MORE
On the Anniversary of the Iraq War
March 20, 2014
On March 20, 2003, coalition forces led by the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq in what is still seen as a highly controversial decision made by the… READ MORE
Memories of Chevreuse