History

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

Rough Men Standing Ready: On Mark Moyar’s History of US Special Ops
Henrik Bering vets “Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces” by Mark Moyar.
Henrik BeringJul 20, 2017
- History
- Politics
A Test of American Traditions: Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny”
Darryl Holter appreciates the lessons of “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder.
Darryl HolterJul 12, 2017
- History
- Politics
Red Dawn: On China Miéville’s Urgent Retelling of the Russian Revolution
Alci Rengifo is stirred by “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution” by China Miéville.
Alci RengifoJul 8, 2017
Russia 1917: You Are There
China Miéville makes the Russian Revolution come alive in an excellent popular history.
Carl FreedmanJul 8, 2017
What Makes a Jew a Jew: On Steven Weitzman’s “The Origin of the Jews”
David Mikics examines “The Origin of the Jews” by Steven Weitzman.
David MikicsJul 1, 2017
- History
- Religion
The Collapse of the Postwar Compact: On Rick Wartzman’s “The End of Loyalty”
Darryl Holter reviews Rick Wartzman’s new book about the decline of American labor.
Darryl HolterJun 27, 2017
Cruel but Not Unusual: Putting Down the Attica Uprising of 1971
Mary F. Corey on Heather Ann Thompson's Pulitzer Prize–winning "Blood in the Water: The Attica Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy."
Mary F. CoreyJun 22, 2017
Ghostly Parades in Lost Cities: Babel’s Odessa and Wittlin’s L’viv
Uilleam Blacker reviews the new Pushkin Collection editions of Isaac Babel and Józef Wittlin.
Uilleam BlackerJun 18, 2017
- Around the World
- History
Making New Friends: The Genetics of Animal Domestication
The story of the Russian geneticists who domesticated the silver fox.
Colin DickeyJun 18, 2017
A Republican for Our Times?
Think you know what it means to be Machiavellian? You don’t know the half of it, says our reviewer.
Brickey LeQuireJun 15, 2017
- History
- Politics
Simulation Liberation Army
Alternative histories of the Patty Hearst kidnapping add to an already complicated narrative, writes our reviewer.
M. W. LipschutzJun 13, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Spy Who Funded Me: Revisiting the Congress for Cultural Freedom
Patrick Iber reconsiders the legacy of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.
Patrick IberJun 11, 2017