History

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

The World of Yesterday, Today: On Maria Schrader’s “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe”
Kathleen B. Jones interviews Maria Schrader about her new film, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe.”
Kathleen B. JonesFeb 17, 2017
- Film
- History
No Business Like the Supernatural Business
Pericles Lewis on the history of spiritualism.
Pericles LewisFeb 15, 2017
- History
- Religion
There Has Never Been an America Without Muslims
Amir Hussain looks at the long history of Muslims in America.
Shabana MirFeb 13, 2017
A People’s History. A Nation’s Story. A Battle Station.
THE WHITE HOUSE has given the country whiplash, many citizens are discombobulated; the National Museum of African American History & Culture can help.
Cherie SaundersFeb 12, 2017
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston on an expedition to find the fabled Ciudad Blanca, the lost city of the Mosquitia.
Dana StabenowFeb 11, 2017
- Around the World
- History
The Plague Within Us: Shlomo Sand on France and its Intellectuals
As Shlomo Sand suggests in his new book, the French intellectual was never what he was cracked up to be.
Robert ZaretskyFeb 10, 2017
- Around the World
- History
It Can Happen Here! The Fred Korematsu Story
An illustrated book for young readers about Fred Korematsu and the Japanese internment.
Eileen KurahashiFeb 7, 2017
- History
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Darwin Americanus
Kenyon Gradert on Randall Fuller's "The Book That Changed America."
Kenyon GradertFeb 5, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post”
Ron Rosenbaum on what the media can learn from the prescient "Munich Post."
Ron RosenbaumFeb 5, 2017
- History
- Politics
The CIA Comedy of Saddam Hussein
Adam Fleming Petty reviews John Nixon’s "Debriefing the President," about the CIA’s war against Saddam Hussein.
Adam Fleming PettyFeb 4, 2017
- History
- Politics
“A Certain Riddle of the Sphinx”: The Enduring Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript
Dustin Illingworth appreciates the mystery of the infamous Voynich Manuscript.
Dustin IllingworthFeb 3, 2017
A Church Full of Females: A New History of Mormon Women
As the title of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s 2007 book affirms, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History — like Mormon women.
John G. TurnerJan 28, 2017