New perspectives on how history is made
Yes, the fact that Mandela was a member of the South African Communist Party matters, but not in the way you think.
Mandela was a rare example of a lion who lay down with the lambs.
Mandela belongs to the same pantheon of insurgents as George Washington, Michael Collins, and David Ben-Gurion.
Ronald Reagan vetoed efforts to pass sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
For a man imprisoned for his political beliefs, he had a weakness for those who did the very same thing to their ideological opponents.
The ANC was a Soviet-backed, communist-influenced organization... and it still lead a movement for freedom.
His style of leadership, often overlooked, was a game-changer for the continent and black rule.
Many conservatives supported the apartheid regime to the bitter end.
We thought Nelson Mandela was just another Fidel Castro or a Pol Pot, but he was actually one of the century's great moral leaders.
How a revolutionary became a man of peace.
And there was no better social media manager back in the day than Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein remain unapologetic for attacks on the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
The conservative war over Joseph McCarthy and the Roosevelt administration continues.
Is alt-ac really the solution to the academic jobs crisis? Probably not.
Why quants can't measure historic significance.
The Russo-Japanese War remains the key to understanding East Asia.
An army marches on its stomach, and the commissary corps had to feed it!
The point of work should not be just to provide the material goods we need to survive.
Churchill's reputation continues to decline.
David Bell was too harsh on Emily Rosenberg's "A World Connecting: 1870-1945."
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