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Europe’s Painful Quest for Unity
All roads lead to the European Union. This, in a nutshell, is the argument of Roderick Beaton's…
A Politician Who Belongs to the Ages
In his 1994 survey of Lincoln in American Memory, Merrill D. Peterson identified five themes which…
Some Soviets Were Less Equal Than Others
It is the easiest of questions, it is the most difficult of questions: "Why are the Jews…
This Emperor Had Clothes
History has been kind to Marcus Aurelius, emperor of Rome from 161-180 A.D. Born to a patrician…
Wes Moore Says the KKK Chased His Great-Grandfather Out…
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA—Maryland governor Wes Moore, who is widely expected to seek the 2028…
Membership Has Its Privileges
London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious, by historian Seth Alexander Thévoz, is the rare book…
Former Harvard History Chairman Boasts of Transforming…
A former chairman of the Harvard History Department, Sidney Chalhoub, is out with a piece…
A Founding Document Finds Its Principles
Akhil Reed Amar's Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840–1920 covers a period…
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