New perspectives on how history is made
The stated reasons in the 1954 documents do not stand up to scrutiny.
When Putin described the breakup of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century, he meant it.
All sides in the Crimean crisis are invoking the Third Reich. Why?
Our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of scholars like David Brion Davis.
The Ukrainian government is telling itself that its opponents are Jews and us that its opponents are Nazis.
The president is pushing ahead with the initiatives laid out in his State of the Union, with or without help from Congress.
A brief introduction to America's long history of racist housing policy.
The Catholic establishment and the Y-2 nuclear protest.
Japan has dealt with its wartime crimes by making them "cute."
Increasingly, professional historians will no longer be employed at universities.
Few in Russia are very supportive of revolution anymore.
In Ukraine, the enemy of your enemy is not always your friend.
The climate of change and the dangers of stasis.
The Cold War is over, and so is massive military-industrial investment in technology.
Differences in history classrooms reflect the social discourse problems that underline China and Japan’s conflict.
Obama admirers have created a complete distortion of “the Eisenhower era.”
Hawkish talk by U.S. politicians and Putin-as-Hitler comparisons are turning the crisis in Crimea into a powder keg that could harm our allies in the region.
Tech buzzwords are a tepid substitute for robust analysis and honest critique.
One year after the new pope's ascension, a look at where the Catholic Church stands today.
For the first time in modern history, Poland does not face an existential threat from Russia. But that doesn't mean Poles have forgotten.
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