List of History articles
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1912 painting by Clyde O. DeLand titled “Birth of the Monroe Doctrine.” From left to right: John Quincy Adams, William Harris Crawford, William Wirt, President James Monroe, John Caldwell Calhoun, Daniel D. Tompkins, and John McLean. Trump’s New Corollary
The president’s invocation of the Monroe Doctrine is rhetorically satisfying but carries real risks.
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A grid of 10 books atop a watery textured background Two Unsettling Voyages Across the Sea
Plus, more international fiction releases in December.
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Employees inspect semiconductor chips at a factory in Binzhou, in eastern China's Shandong province. China’s Military Machine Shouldn’t Run on American Chips
The GAIN AI Act would have given U.S. buyers priority in the global AI race.
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A historic photo of a politician speaking to the press. What Is the Filibuster Good for?
A term originally used to describe pirates is now synonymous with U.S. congressional dysfunction.
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People take part in Mongolian Lunar New Year celebrations in Aga Buryatia, Russia. What Happens to Russia’s Ethnic Minorities After the War?
Mistreatment, exploitation, and Russia’s own history suggest a precarious postwar future.
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Marble statues of Socrates seated in thought and a standing Athena atop a tall column, set against a bright blue sky. What Is ‘the West’?
The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.
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A book in the background and Donald Trump in the foreground in a photo illustration. How Yesterday’s Fiction Foretells Tomorrow’s Politics
From medieval Europe to the Trump era, life really does imitate art.
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A poster shows a woman with a rifle and babushka on her head under a red flag in front of smoking factory chimneys. How a ‘Fairy-Tale Country’ for Women Turned Its Back on Feminism
Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.
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A bearded man in a suit at a lectern in front of patriotic bunting. Who the Hell Is James Garfield?
Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” is a reminder that heroic individuals can emerge in trying hours.
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A grid of 12 book covers with 10 smaller and two larger. A Pair of Haunting New Scandinavian Novels
Plus, more international fiction releases.
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A group of people stand arm in arm and sing joyfully. They hold flags that read "No" decorated with a rainbow. How Chile Was Persuaded to Vote ‘No’ to Dictatorship
Revisiting Pablo Larraín’s feature film about the advertising campaign that sent Pinochet packing.
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U.S. soldiers man their security position in Panama City during Operation Just Cause. Venezuela Isn’t Panama
Why the much-cited 1989 comparison is flawed.
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Members of the media take photographs of framed portraits of U.S. President Donald Trump flanking an image of former U.S. President Joe Biden's signature along "The Presidential Walk of Fame" on the wall of the colonnade outside of the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 25. Why Does the U.S. Set Presidential Term Limits?
The 22nd Amendment was nothing but an act of vengeance against Roosevelt, Reagan believed.
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An illustration shows a pyramid of tomatoes at a market with a woman at left and a shouting man with hands to his face at right. behind them is a street scene with pyramids in the distance. The Surprising History of Egypt’s ‘Crazy Tomatoes’
How an ordinary ingredient became a symbol of collective complaint.
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Three book covers. The Forgotten Visionary of U.S. War in Latin America
Lucius Shepard’s hallucinogenic stories anticipated Trump’s war fantasies.
