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The Mess We're In: On the Inevitability of Post-Cold War Chaos

The Mess We're In: On the Inevitability of Post-Cold War Chaos

Historian Odd Arne Westad Wonders if it Could Have Been Different

By Odd Arne Westad | September 28, 2017

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

Returning Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to the Skies

On the Origins of The Little Prince and Restoring a Classic Plane

By Douglas R. Dechow and Anna Leahy | September 26, 2017

Speaking Truth to Power is as American as Apple Pie

Speaking Truth to Power is as American as Apple Pie

America’s First Revolutionary Abolitionist Deserves a Statue in the Middle of Town

By Marcus Rediker | September 26, 2017

Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars

Beyond Heroes and Villains: A Deeper Look at the 19th-Century Indian Wars

Peter Cozzens on a History of Violence and Betrayal

By Peter Cozzens | September 21, 2017

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

According to H. L. Mencken, Anyway

By Liesl Olson | September 18, 2017

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

From High School to Vietnam, Waiting for the Fight to Begin

Echo Company Waits for War, on the Eve of the Tet Offensive

By Doug Stanton | September 18, 2017

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American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

By Veronica Esposito | September 18, 2017

To Abolish the Chinese Language: On a Century of Reformist Rhetoric

By Thomas S. Mullaney | September 15, 2017

Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and the Meaning of "Survivor"

By Elizabeth Rosner | September 15, 2017

The Deadliest Weapon of War That Was Never Actually Used

The Deadliest Weapon of War That Was Never Actually Used

Part Two of the Life and Times of James B. Conant: The Chemical Weapons Arms Race

By Jennet Conant | September 13, 2017

Drinking With Stalin on Christmas: An American in Moscow at the Dawn of the Cold War

Drinking With Stalin on Christmas: An American in Moscow at the Dawn of the Cold War

Part One of the Life and Times of James B. Conant

By Jennet Conant | September 12, 2017

Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

On the Absurd and Wonderful Sartorial Habits of a Great Writer

By Valerie Steele | September 11, 2017

“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

A Diverting Anecdote from a Grim and Unamusing Epoch

By Philip Roth | September 8, 2017

Two Never Before Published Letters from Marcel Proust to His Neighbor

Two Never Before Published Letters from Marcel Proust to His Neighbor

Lydia Davis Translates a Couple Requests for Quiet

By Marcel Proust | August 25, 2017

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Jeremiah Moss on NYC Restaurateurs Rebooting Classic Restaurants

By Jeremiah Moss | August 16, 2017

The First English Woman to Make a Living as a Writer Was Also a Spy

The First English Woman to Make a Living as a Writer Was Also a Spy

On Aphra Behn, Playwright and Punk-Poetess of the 17th Century

By Janet Todd | August 7, 2017

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