A Gathering of the Huns In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe. Herbert Bushman 23 Jan 2024 · 16 min read
Israel’s Occupation of Gaza in 1956–57 Many of the questions that have arisen since October 7 have been raised before. Benny Morris 13 Jan 2024 · 12 min read
The Laurentian Coalition Takes Root In the 16th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ historian Greg Koabel describes how Samuel de Champlain overcame a decade of frustration by finally establishing a successful French fur-trading monopoly. Greg Koabel 12 Jan 2024 · 25 min read
The Language of Soviet Propaganda Progressive anti-Zionism and the poisonous legacy of Cold War hatred. Izabella Tabarovsky 11 Jan 2024 · 14 min read
A Dense Thicket of Contending Visions In his latest novel, Tom Piazza imagines the finest meeting of American minds never to have happened. Matt Hanson 7 Jan 2024 · 6 min read
Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror. Jonathan Kay 6 Jan 2024 · 14 min read
Merry Christmas, Little Wolf Christmas offers a chance to remind ourselves of the intellectual debt that our editors and writers owe to the Christian tradition. The Quillette Editorial Board 24 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
From out of the Steppes, a ‘Whirlwind of Nations’ In the sixth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the rise of the Huns, who struck terror into the hearts of Goths and Romans alike. Herbert Bushman 19 Dec 2023 · 21 min read
Kissinger’s Folly In its cold materialist outlook, Realism fails to recognize that every nation has a unique set of interests shaped by its own history, geography, and beliefs. Brian Stewart 13 Dec 2023 · 16 min read
Sailing Into Canada’s Great ‘Northern Sea’ In the fifteenth instalment of his series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes Henry Hudson’s tragic 1610-11 voyage to the saltwater bay that now bears his name. Greg Koabel 11 Dec 2023 · 31 min read
Kissinger and Cambodia Attempts to hold US policy solely responsible for the rise of the Khmer Rouge are historically inept. Lachlan Peters 7 Dec 2023 · 20 min read
Apostles of Appeasement A short history of phoney peace groups and their fellow travellers. Oscar Clarke 5 Dec 2023 · 10 min read
The Athens of Asia: A History of Gaza For much of its history, Gaza moved people, things, and ideas by land and sea, and its name was associated with geographic interconnectedness. Robert C. Thornett 1 Dec 2023 · 9 min read
Holocaust Historians, the Genocide Charge, and Gaza The accusation is wrong on the facts and objectively serves to support the intent of Hamas to murder Jews with impunity. Norman J.W. Goda / Jeffrey Herf 23 Nov 2023 · 11 min read
Podcast #228: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Justinian An interview with Peter Sarris, author of ‘Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint' Quillette 22 Nov 2023 · 1 min read
