History

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

• The Brilliance of "Five Came Back"

  Laya MaheshwariAug 24, 2014

  • History

• The Never-Healing Wound

  Intimate details of the people who cared for the 18.5 million wounded in World War I.

  Susan R. GrayzelAug 20, 2014

  • History

  • Politics

• A High-Stakes Gamble: Jeff Kingston on Eri Hotta’s Japan 1941

  Jeff KingstonAug 16, 2014

  • History

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  A Visit with Mary Beard

  Annalisa Quinn in conversation with Mary Beard, a one-of-a-kind classicist.

  Annalisa QuinnAug 13, 2014

  • History

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  The 'Inevitable' World War

  Was World War I, which started 100 years ago today, after all, inevitable?

  Robert ZaretskyAug 4, 2014

  • History

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  The Era of the Geographically Confused

  A collaboration between a grandfather and grandson traces the history of India and Burma through personal memories.

  Anjali VaidyaAug 2, 2014

  • History

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Nonfiction

• “The Past Is Another Country”: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act

  The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a triumph of one vision — one history — of one America over another.

  Zach DorfmanMay 17, 2014

  • History

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  PODCAST #50: A. Scott Berg, "Wilson"

  Colin MarshallDec 10, 2013

  • History

• Enduring History: A Memoir of Social Life in Nineteenth-Century Donegal

  Robert CreminsDec 7, 2013

  • History

• Understanding Pakistan’s History

  The origins of Pakistan in the idea of a Muslim homeland.

  Hannah Harris GreenDec 2, 2013

  • Around the World

  • History

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  Turkey’s Glorious Hat Revolution

  Wearing the wrong hat could get you killed.

  Kaya GençNov 11, 2013

  • History

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  The Psychic Life of Paperwork: An Interview with Ben Kafka

  Ben Kafka is a historian, critic, psychoanalyst-in-training, and author of a history of paperwork, The Demon of Writing: Powers and Failures of Paperwork.

  Alex CarpJul 26, 2013

  • History