Nation History

The End of the Story? The End of the Story?

Archie Brown's account of the high politics of communism's collapse is Kremlinology without the guesswork.

Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Lars T. Lih

The Generation That Failed The Generation That Failed

Yugoslavs were unprepared for the surge of nationalism that followed Tito's communist rule.

Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Slavenka Drakulic

Gorbachev on 1989

Gorbachev on 1989 Gorbachev on 1989

A wide-ranging Nation interview with the former Soviet president.

Oct 28, 2009 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen

The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued

As alleged spy conspiracies go, the case against Izzy is thinner than Paris Hilton.

Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Secret History of Izzy The Secret History of Izzy

I.F. Stone was not only a great reporter; he was a radical, an irritant to power.

May 13, 2009 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Red Harvest: The KGB in America Red Harvest: The KGB in America

A new book on cold war espionage falsely accuses I.F. Stone of being a paid Soviet agent.

May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan

V.G. Kiernan: Historian of Humankind V.G. Kiernan: Historian of Humankind

Remembering a historian of the left, an ideological warrior against empire, witness to India's anticolonial struggles and a persuasive critic of torture and government oppression.

Mar 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Trumpbour

Remembering Studs Remembering Studs

Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.

Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin

Studs Studs

Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.

Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose

He was our Boswell, our Whitman, our Sandburg. He could get people to open up and share their innermost thoughts and dreams.

Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich

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