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1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth

1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth 1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth

There is nothing likely to prove so effective a deterrent as death.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born

1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born 1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born

Whenever a small force of Americans undertakes an expedition, the woods and hills become alive with enemies.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities

1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities 1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities

To get the story you must pay the price.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria

1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria 1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria

Looking forward to a social order without any external restraints upon the individual.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States? 1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

There is no best country to write in. There is only the old world and the new.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1935–1945: The Establishment of a Warless World Must Be Our Goal

1935–1945: The Establishment of a Warless World Must Be Our Goal 1935–1945: The Establishment of a Warless World Must Be Our Goal

Communists are intolerant and ruthless, often unscrupulous, but they are also zealous, brave, and willing to put up with hardship and abuse.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None

1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None 1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None

The atomic bomb represents a revolution in science. It calls for a comparable revolution in our thinking.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1955–1965: Down the Road of Folly

1955–1965: Down the Road of Folly 1955–1965: Down the Road of Folly

Nation writers on the Hollywood blacklist, Fiddler on the Roof and US hostility to revolutionary Cuba.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won 1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

Vietnam is a unique case—culturally, historically and politically. I hope that the United States will not repeat its Vietnam blunders elsewhere.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed

1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed 1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed

Nation writers on late 1980s New York, Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, gay rights, Rupert Murdoch's ambitions and the case for federal funding of the arts.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

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