The Good War No More
Jon Lee Anderson’s powerful new book on Afghanistan reminds us that the justness of a cause is no guarantee of its success.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
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The Liberal-International Order Will Survive
...but it will need to be reimagined in the post-Trump era.
Matt Johnson
· 20 min read
Peace and Appeasement
Israel now stands accused of genocide for refusing to accept its own annihilation.
Yuki Zeman
· 8 min read
The 100 Million Killed Under Communist Regimes Matter
The death toll under Communist regimes is of incredible magnitude. Yet whenever I attack Communism for being an evil ideology, I get a serious number of rebuttals.
Razib Khan
· 6 min read
Another JFK Assassination Nothingburger
Jefferson Morley’s dogged pursuit of a CIA connection in Miami is all smoke and no fire.
Fred Litwin
· 16 min read
Detonation Days
Garrett Graff’s new book provides the story of America’s quest for the bomb with a valuable human quality without sacrificing the epic sweep.
Ron Capshaw
· 10 min read
The Soldier and the Revolutionary
The contrasting lives and ambitions of two major figures in the fight for Indian Independence: Kodandera Subayya Thimayya (“Timmy”) and Subhas Chandra Bose.
Phil Craig
· 28 min read
Podcast #295. War and the End of Empire
Iona Italia talks to historian and film-maker Phil Craig about the latest in his series of books about World War II: ‘1945: A Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World.’
Quillette, Phil Craig
· 45 min read
Hell in North Germany
A riveting new book by American historian Lynne Olson re-examines the story of Ravensbrück, the Nazis’ notorious concentration camp for women.
Ron Capshaw
· 12 min read
The Firing of Wolf Ladejinsky
What a Cold War scandal can teach us about democracy.
Michael Conlon
· 9 min read
A Minority of One
A valuable new collection of wartime letters written by Leslie Fiedler shows how politically astute the budding literary critic was about communism.
Ron Capshaw
· 7 min read
Ancient DNA and the Return of a Disgraced Theory
This is a story of some of the greatest findings in modern research, and of the dismal narrow-mindedness and motivated reasoning displayed by scholars who ought to know better.
Tristan S. Rapp
· 14 min read
A New Dark Age?
Political scientists have always extolled the ideal of the informed voter, but information has become a cacophony.
George Case
· 9 min read
Have We Forgotten Weimar?
This is not the first time Germany has resorted to censorship in the mistaken belief that the state can contain dangerous ideas. The last time they tried this, it facilitated the rise of the Nazis.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 12 min read
America’s Grief Cycle: The Negotiation Phase
How Trump’s tariffs and foreign policy signal the third phase of US decline on the world stage.
Andrew Roberts
· 7 min read