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Great War: The Insane and Familiar ‘War Madness’ of 1914

Great War: The Insane and Familiar ‘War Madness’ of 1914 Great War: The Insane and Familiar ‘War Madness’ of 1914

"About nothing does the mob forget so quickly as about war."

Jul 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Writers or Missionaries?

Writers or Missionaries? Writers or Missionaries?

A reporter’s journey involves writing with a sense of history and without false consolation.

Jul 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz

Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939

Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939 Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939

Reflections on the meaning of the French Revolution in the shadow of Adolf Hitler.

Jul 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Great War: The Immediate Response to Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination, 100 Years Ago Today

Great War: The Immediate Response to Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination, 100 Years Ago Today Great War: The Immediate Response to Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination, 100 Years Ago Today

The Nation’s predictive capacities were pretty mixed.

Jun 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Great War: The Climate of June 1914

Great War: The Climate of June 1914 Great War: The Climate of June 1914

The first modern war created the modern Nation.

Jun 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003

Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003 Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003

‘Wide and luminous’ or ‘grid-locked and addled on speed’?

May 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Hungary and the End of Politics

Hungary and the End of Politics Hungary and the End of Politics

How Victor Orbán launched a constitutional coup and created a one-party state.

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kim Lane Scheppele

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Truman’s Folly?

Truman’s Folly? Truman’s Folly?

John Judis’s provocative history of US foreign policy toward Israel

Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

From Visionary to the Fringe

From Visionary to the Fringe From Visionary to the Fringe

Immanuel Velikovsky’s strange quest for a scientific theory of everything

Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

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