Donald Trump stumbled and slurred through a speech in Atlanta.

The Apple TV+ show starring Juliet Binoche wrestles with Coco Chanel’s work for the Nazis.

Popular accounts of the Holocaust overlook its irrationality and often disordered violence.

Gary Bass’s new book asks why the tribunal in Tokyo after World War II was so ineffective.

The G.I. Bill created a prosperous middle class that was altogether too white.

Germany has never fully reckoned with the Nazi connections of some of its wealthiest families.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has created a global nickel shortage. Here’s what happened when the Führer tried to buy extra nickel right before the last time a major war broke out in Europe.

They are ignorant of the actual history. Besides which, what’s the opposite of Munich? Vietnam. Iraq. Were those really so preferable?

World War II comparisons are a dime a dozen these days, but a different cataclysm of the 1940s is more instructive.

Monica Black’s new book, “A Demon-Haunted Land,” tells of the faith healers who prospered in post-war Germany.

“The Bomber Mafia” enthuses about precision tactics said to spare civilian lives. Except they didn’t.

Classic American movies “Some Like It Hot” and “Sunset Boulevard” emerged from the tumult and horror of interwar Germany.

Luke Holland’s film “Final Account” makes a study of evasion, denial, and self-justification among living participants in Hitler’s Third Reich.

How politicians, regulators, and the media fell for an obvious financial fraud

His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.

In celebrating unsung heroes of history, two new movies overly romanticize the past.

The United States decided to rule the world. We can also decide to step back.

The story of the country’s rise to dominance shows how it can step back.

The Green New Deal wouldn’t require as much effort as World War II, says the linguist in his new book.

How a Republican presidential candidate became a leading critic of empire