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Rough Weather Ahead
Review of Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz (Princeton University Press, 2015)
Figuring Out the Shape of the World
Review of Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World, by Larrie D. Ferreiro (New York: Basic Books, 2011)
Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls
… make this the time that we redeem the most profound meaning of the American Revolution. Let us reaffirm the …
A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh
… “black,” and “bakh” being Persian for “garden,” therefore meaning “black garden.” However, as Karabakh scholar Emil …
The Society That Started It All: The Origins of Modern Science
Review of The Royal Society and the Invention of Modern Science, by Adrian Tinniswood (New York: Basic Books, 2019.)
Vietnam Revisited: Forty Years after the Paris Peace Accord
… government and mainstream media sources represented the meaning and conduct of the war. I recently completed a book, …
Why the Buffalo Still Roam
… Congress to overcome the railroads and pass a law creating meaningful protection for wildlife in the park. For the …
The Second Opium War
… ago. When the Second Opium War has been remembered, its meaning and legacy has often been twisted. At the time, it …
