History

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

Vietnam Comes Home
The Vietnam War came home in scattered flashes of horror and memory.
Paulina BorsookFeb 15, 2018
- History
- Politics
When Big Government Was Big
Is the federal bureaucracy one of the United States’s treasures?
Max HolleranFeb 12, 2018
- History
- Politics
A Brutal Corrective
A meticulous retelling of an ethnic massacre of the 1980s leaves no doubt who was responsible.
Gary SinghFeb 11, 2018
- Around the World
- History
White Collars and White Hoods: On “The Second Coming of the KKK”
"When the Klan was not underground, but sitting in the mayor’s chair." Robert A. Slayton reads Linda Gordon's history of the Ku Klux Klan.
Robert SlaytonFeb 1, 2018
- History
- Politics
Identifying and Identifying with the Thin White Duke: Darryl Bullock’s “David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music”
Morgan Woolsey on Darryl Bullock’s “David Bowie Made Me Gay” and the difficulties identifying exactly what “gay music” is.
Morgan WoolseyJan 29, 2018
A Spark Neglected Burns the House: On “The Future Is History”
"The Future Is History" is not just a journalistic account of Russia's national collapse. It’s also a profoundly novelistic account.
Nicholas CannariatoJan 28, 2018
Reluctant Warriors: How the Pentagon Fights the US President
On "The Pentagon’s Wars: The Military’s Undeclared War Against America’s Presidents."
Henrik BeringJan 24, 2018
- History
- Politics
Squaring the Conservative Circle
Conservatives haven’t always worshipped the free market, and Donald Trump’s strange economics actually have historical grounding. Two new books show how.
Jacob HamburgerJan 23, 2018
- History
- Politics
Most Resistance Does Not Speak Its Name: An Interview with James C. Scott
Francis Wade interviews James C. Scott about state resistance in Southeast Asia and beyond.
Francis WadeJan 22, 2018
Darwin on Endless Trial
Morten Høi Jensen weighs two takes on Darwin’s legacy.
Morten Høi JensenJan 22, 2018
- History
- Science & Technology
The Majesty and the Mystery of Impeachment
Richard Blaustein evaluates “Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide” by Cass R. Sunstein.
Richard BlausteinJan 20, 2018
Conservatives and Counterrevolutionaries: Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind”
Lily Geismer on the second edition of Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind.”
Lily GeismerJan 19, 2018
- History
- Politics