List of History articles
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Cillian Murphy, the actor who plays Oppenheimer, walks down a hallway surrounded by photographers in a black and white film still. Nuclear Fatalism in ‘Oppenheimer’ Is a Dead End
The Oscar-winning film leaves out Oppenheimer's hopes for nuclear containment.
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A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City. Taiwan Can’t Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts
The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.
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A photo collage illustration of Kate Middleton at the BBC dad burried under social media likes. Princess Catherine, BBC Dad, and the New Picture Perfect
What the reception to two viral moments reveals about our evolving global culture of authenticity.
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President Barack Obama (C) presents a 2012 National Humanities Medal to Canadian and American historian Natalie Zemon Davis (L) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. The History Crisis Is a National Security Problem
As universities shed scholars, key learning disappears.
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Members of the Indian Civil Service of the Bombay Presidency pose for a photo at their annual gathering in Poona. The Civil Servants Who Shaped Indian Diplomacy
A new book provides a detailed account of the colonial bureaucrats who made up the first generation of the Indian Foreign Service.
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A historic image of American soldiers in snow. The Big Lesson From the West’s Last Invasion of Russia
What the Allied intervention in the Russian civil war teaches us about Ukraine today.
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The cover of the newspaper, the Evening Standard, is seen on a busy street in London. The Real Reason Britain Can’t Change
A new book accidentally puts forward a provocative thesis on the country’s entropy.
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A protester walks a camel painted in the colors of the French national flag during a mass demonstration in Bamako, Mali on Jan. 14, 2022. The End of Françafrique?
Festering resentment of French neocolonialism is motivating a backlash against Paris across West Africa.
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A stadium full of people, most wearing red, wave Russian flags. Ukraine Isn’t Putin’s War—It’s Russia’s War
Jade McGlynn’s books paint an unsettling picture of ordinary Russians’ support for the invasion and occupation of Ukraine.
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Two weathered residential building stand side-by-side, with many windows and balconies facing the camera. In the middle third of the composition, a large mural of a girl with red streaks below her eyes is depicted on the narrowest side wall of one of the buildings, at a slight diagonal angle to camera. Ukraine’s War of Art
In Mariupol, a controversial mural is caught up in efforts to rewrite national identity.
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Two Ukrainian soldiers in uniform and helmets, with guns drawn move across a snowy landscape. Black smoke from an explosion is seen on the horizon. 5 Rules for Superpowers Facing Multiple Conflicts
Ukraine, the Middle East, and Taiwan are part of an unstable frontier—and require a more principled U.S. strategy.
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A painting depicts the Burning of the Chateau d'Eau at the Palais-Royal of Paris with soldiers in the foreground and fire in the bulidings. Why Some Revolutions Fail to Make History
Europe’s tumultuous year of 1848 is often forgotten, but a new book argues that it could teach us a lot about politics today.
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Neo-Nazis march to mark the 60th anniversary of the firebombing of the city during World War II in Dresden, Germany. The Nazi Era Continues to Haunt This German City
The tensions surrounding the legacy of the Dresden bombing illustrate the continuing potency of the city’s history.
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Illustration with Frantz Fanon headshot and silhouettes of people holding signs on a green background What the World Got Wrong About Frantz Fanon
Fanon is a global anti-colonial icon, but he could never truly embody the revolution he supported.
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The shells of burned cars are seen in front of the separation wall on the Palestinian side of the divided neighborhood of Abu Dis, Jerusalem. The Two-State Solution Is a Recipe for Carnage
Washington’s favorite prescription for Israeli-Palestinian peace risks unleashing a wave of interethnic violence unseen since the partition of India and Pakistan.
