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Medieval Public Relations Battles
Review of The Two Powers: The Papacy, The Empire, and the Struggle for Sovereignty in the Thirteenth Century, by Brett Edward Whalen (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
A Postcard from Hiroshima
… of the bombing spoke. I found their stories to be the most meaningful part of the commemorations. One elderly woman, …
The Soviet Collapse
… drawn from the Soviet collapse, it is one connected to the meaning of the Soviet project itself. Commentators today …
American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust
Review of American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust, by Laura Levitt (New York: New York University Press, 2007)
Who's not to Blame in the South Korea-Japan Spat?
… confront its wartime atrocities. That failure continues to plague Japanese relations with South Korea and China. The …
Choking Off Our Past
… of ensuring these manmade icons to human history have real meaning and are worthy of a descendant’s resources to …
The War We Refuse to Remember
… In the process, Americans also reimagined and remade the meaning of their revolution and their nation. The aftermath …
After Midnight
Review of Midnight’s Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition, by John Keay (New York: Basic Books, 2014)
“Allese Rondade”, that is to say, ‘Shoot!’”
Review of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America, by David J. Silverman (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2016)
Diet for a Large Planet
… had the finest system of grain inspection in the world, meaning it was trustworthy. They also had telegraphs …
