History

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

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
“Hidden Figures”: The True Story of the Black Women at NASA Daring “Fearlessly to Pursue Their Dreams”
Mekeisha Madden Toby talks to Margot Lee Shetterly, author of "Hidden Figures."
Mekeisha Madden TobyJan 19, 2017
Outlandish Assertions: Response to Joel Whitney
Greg BarnhiselJan 19, 2017
- History
- Politics
Finks, Fronts, and Puppets: Revisiting the Cultural Cold War
Greg Barnhisel reviews two books on the Cultural Cold War.
Greg BarnhiselJan 8, 2017
- History
- Politics
Hijack: The CIA and Literary Culture
Strange bedfellows: The CIA and culture mavens collude in the Cold War and beyond.
Antony LoewensteinJan 8, 2017
- History
- Politics