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World War I
October 16, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Derails His Own Rally With Bizarre Old-Man Tangents
Donald Trump stumbled and slurred through a speech in Atlanta.
December 13, 2022
Magazine
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The Folly of Sanctions
Sanctions were conceived as an alternative to war. But they may have made the world more violent.
October 18, 2022
Joanna Scutts
How World War I Crushed the American Left
Adam Hochschild’s new book documents a period of thriving radical groups and their devastating suppression.
April 21, 2021
Adrian Daub
The Weird, Extremely German Origins of the Wirecard Scandal
How politicians, regulators, and the media fell for an obvious financial fraud
April 2, 2019
Magazine
Max Holleran
The Dean
Out of the ruins of war, Walter Gropius made a vital political community.
February 27, 2019
Matt Ford
What This Massive Cross Really Stands For
The Supreme Court will decide whether Maryland taxpayers should have to support the Christian symbol.
December 7, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The Head and the Load
Is a Kaleidoscopic Tour of Africa’s Colonial History
William Kentridge’s new performance piece uses various media to tell the story of the unsung conscripts of World War One.
November 9, 2018
Priya Satia
Are 100 Years Enough?
The close of World War I was supposed to end the world’s reliance on arms—and empire. But on the centenary, the Middle East offers proof that this hasn’t happened.
January 2, 2018
Andrew Lanham
How to Abolish War
Three new books trace a century of antiwar activists' visions for a more equal, peaceful world.
October 19, 2017
Alice Kaplan
Louis Guilloux’s Great, Forgotten War Novel
Albert Camus thought "Blood Dark" rivalled the great Russian epics, but it is little known in English.
June 6, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Wonder Woman
Is Propaganda
Why debating the “feminist” stakes of a movie about American military ideology is a laughable prospect.
March 28, 2017
Juliet Kleber
How Opposition to World War One Galvanized the Left
An interview with historian Michael Kazin.
December 25, 2015
Terri Blom Crocker
The Myth of the Christmas Truce Soccer Match
June 12, 2015
Elaine Teng
A Coming-of-Age Film That Never Shows the Hero Come of Age
Even Jon Snow can't save "Testament of Youth"
December 22, 2014
Elaine Teng
How 'Silent Night' Became the Most Popular Christmas Carol of All Time
August 1, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
'I Dreamed of a Sudden Death!': Passages from Siegfried Sassoon's Diaries
The haunting private thoughts of one of the twentieth century's best known English soldiers and poets
July 27, 2014
Franklin Foer
A Newly Rediscovered Novel Is the 'Catch-22' of World War I
July 8, 2014
Michael Kazin
Woodrow Wilson's Only Good Choice in WWI Was to Avoid It Altogether
July 8, 2014
John M. Cooper
A Victorious Germany in WWI Would Have Prevented the Nazis—But It May Have Been Nearly as Bad
July 7, 2014
John M. Cooper
Why Woodrow Wilson Was Right to Bet on World War I
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