Our Monumental Mistakes Our Monumental Mistakes
To the surprise of historians themselves, history--or at least its public presentation--has become big business.
Oct 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
More Nixon Tapes Released More Nixon Tapes Released
Among his more peculiar views, He thought all Communists were Jews. Historians must ponder how He managed to account for Mao.
Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Candid in Camera Candid in Camera
It all began in the heat of the summer of 1940. Hitler was at his peak in Europe. France had been defeated.
Sep 9, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Gore Vidal
Saving History From the Shredder Saving History From the Shredder
They call him "the world's most famous bank guard": Christoph Meili, the former night watchman at the Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich who in 1997 rescued from the shredder do...
Aug 19, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Still Not Over Over There? Still Not Over Over There?
The estimates of the number of books written about World War I are in the hundreds of thousands.
Jul 22, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Hans Koning
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