History

The Unmaking of a Company Man The Unmaking of a Company Man

An education begun in the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate.

Aug 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

Human Rights in History

Human Rights in History Human Rights in History

Human rights emerged not in the 1940s but the 1970s, and on the ruins of prior dreams.

Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Change Comes to Nixonland

Change Comes to Nixonland Change Comes to Nixonland

Will the Nixon Library actually portray Watergate accurately?

Jul 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny

Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.

Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

From Black to Black

From Black to Black From Black to Black

Traveling along the Danube into the heart of the new Europe.

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov

Restless Confederates Restless Confederates

Two new books argue that the South's slaveholding republic faced a crisis of legitimacy from the outset.

Jul 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Undefined

Undefined Undefined

Anthony Julius's Trials of the Diaspora and the myth of the new anti-Semitism.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Antony Lerman

Stories and Legends

Stories and Legends Stories and Legends

How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

Icons of Oblivion Icons of Oblivion

Two new books explore the role of naturalists in the history of conservation movements.

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Kelman

The Hebrew Republic The Hebrew Republic

Ongoing conflict in the Middle East continually reinforces tribalism, religiosity and messianic Zionism.

Apr 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird

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