History

Scandalocracy Scandalocracy

Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our egalitarian yearnings.

Jul 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Robert Dallek

False History Lessons False History Lessons

Confronted with the inexplicable, policy-makers and pundits alike grope for the apt historical analogy. It's a natural human reaction.

Apr 8, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Kai Bird

Holocaust Denial: A Sequel Holocaust Denial: A Sequel

The Case of Binjamin Wilkomirski's Fragments Until the past few months, bestowing any Holocaust honorific upon Binjamin Wilkomirski, the author of the

Apr 1, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Harvey Peskin

Red Fox? Red Fox?

The contracts are signed, the treatment is being written and Fox Television plans to fast-track production on a ten- to twelve-hour miniseries based on lefty historian Howard Zin...

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tom Gogola

Remember the Alamo, Part II Remember the Alamo, Part II

On the fourth of August last year in San Antonio, the Alamo rumbled.

Feb 25, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Bárbara Renaud González

After Alienation After Alienation

Since the collapse of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union, many on the left seem to have swallowed the idea that there is no alternative to capitalism.

Feb 24, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

History by the Letter History by the Letter

Whatever else the investigations of the President have uncovered, they have yielded thousands of sources--transcripts, letters, memos, audio- and videotapes--which Americans...

Jan 28, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Louis P. Masur

Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel

William Rehnquist was Richard Nixon's chief legal strategist when Nixon appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1971.

Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Neuborne

The Other Impeachment The Other Impeachment

Once before in American history, during the turbulent era of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War, a President was impeached by the House and tried before the Senate--Andre...

Dec 17, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly The Revolution Seen Through a Glass Darkly

A film beginning with a shot of a little boy being beaten for not having learned the Declaration of the Rights of Man by heart, and closing in the overwhelming shadow of the guillo...

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

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