What Really Happened at Stalingrad?
Historian Jochen Hellbeck talks about the way nations remember the battle for Stalingrad, and what this says about nationalism and collective memory.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
Rethinking the Invisible: Philip Ball’s Historical Account
In "Invisible," Philip Ball addresses the relationship between scientific inquiry and our beliefs about the world beyond our senses.
Beyond the Shadow of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell’s restless curiosity and his desire to sit at the feet of greatness and listen made him the ur-TED talk audience member.
Scorched Earth Doctrine
From 1950 to 1953, the air war in Korea became one of the most destructive, relentless, and forgotten American scorched earth campaigns.
Recognizing Complicity
"Modernism was not an idea, not a singular and well-formed position. The multiplicity and heterogeneity of its dimensions have to be addressed."
Thomas Cromwell, a Man for All Treasons
That a public man such as Thomas Cromwell can be understood so differently by writers acting in good faith is due to a number of factors: his distance from us in time, our incomplete record of his correspondence, the nature of politics, and the nature of observation.
The Liar: The Four Personas of Adolf Eichmann
"A man who wears so many masks is always tempted to reveal who he is."
Whose Dublin?
Dublin’s duality, as Dickson subtly instructs us, remains the key to the city’s identity, from its muddy beginnings to its world-stage present.
A Dip into the Forests of the Brain
Neuroscience, neurons, consciousness.
Black Left, Black List
“Let’s imagine…a history in which words like 'leftist,' 'radical,' and 'communist' did not summon instant skepticism if not scorn; a world in which these terms could sustain real dialogue.”
A Bloody Affair
Contributor Guy Stagg reviews "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence" by Karen Armstrong.
What Is to Be Done?
Knox Peden on "The History Manifesto" by Jo Guldi and David Armitage.
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