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American Diplomacy After Benghazi

American Diplomacy After Benghazi

On Chris Stevens and the Risks Taken by Ambassadors Abroad

By Paul Richter | November 20, 2019

How the Vietnam War Changed<br> Political Poetry

How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry

Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

The Debutante Ball in the Global <br>Age of Instagram

The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram

On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame

By Kristen Richardson | November 20, 2019

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War

Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air

By Serhii Plokhy | November 20, 2019

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery

On Post-War Innovations in Life Saving Surgery

By Gabriel Brownstein | November 19, 2019

What If We Called It the 'Flax Age' Instead of the 'Iron Age'?

What If We Called It the 'Flax Age' Instead of the 'Iron Age'?

Correcting the Historical Bias Against Domestic Materials

By Kassia St. Clair | November 19, 2019

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The Education of a Civil Rights Hero

By Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe | November 19, 2019

On Jane Austen, Elizabeth Warren, and the Legacy of the Stoic Woman

By Rachel Vorona Cote | November 18, 2019

Look, Latin Is Not Useless, Neither
Is It Dead

By Nicola Gardini | November 18, 2019

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

Adriano Olivetti, Industrialist, Typewriter King... Antifascist?

On Espionage and Resistance in World War II Italy

By Meryle Secrest | November 18, 2019

Between Pastureland and Progress: <br>On the Many Lives of an American City

Between Pastureland and Progress:
On the Many Lives of an American City

Sarah Wagner Tells a Tale of Lexington, Kentucky

By Sarah Wagner | November 15, 2019

The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

The Sad, Grotesque Life of “Baboon Lady” Julia Pastrana

Trapped Between High Society and the Freak Show

By John Woolf | November 15, 2019

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

Rebecca F. Kuang on Violence, History, and Writing a Female Warrior

In Conversation About The Poppy War on the New Books Network

By New Books Network | November 15, 2019

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

The Secret Society of Women Writers in Oxford in the 1920s

Mo Moulton on the Legendary Mutual Admiration Society

By Mo Moulton | November 14, 2019

Let's Talk About Love: A Lost Vocabulary of Amorous Terms

Let's Talk About Love: A Lost Vocabulary of Amorous Terms

If You Love Someone, Give Them the Sheep's Eye

By Paul Anthony Jones | November 13, 2019

Life Inside Guantánamo: <br> An Oral History

Life Inside Guantánamo:
An Oral History

Testimonies from America's Most Infamous Prison

By Peter Jan Honigsberg | November 13, 2019

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