History

Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003

Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003 Eyeing the Left Coast: ‘The Nation’ on California, in 1922 and 2003

‘Wide and luminous’ or ‘grid-locked and addled on speed’?

May 22, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner

Hungary and the End of Politics

Hungary and the End of Politics Hungary and the End of Politics

How Victor Orbán launched a constitutional coup and created a one-party state.

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Kim Lane Scheppele

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Truman’s Folly?

Truman’s Folly? Truman’s Folly?

John Judis’s provocative history of US foreign policy toward Israel

Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

From Visionary to the Fringe

From Visionary to the Fringe From Visionary to the Fringe

Immanuel Velikovsky’s strange quest for a scientific theory of everything

Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

A Captivating Mind

A Captivating Mind A Captivating Mind

How Georgi Markov became the truth-teller of Bulgaria’s communist era, and paid for it with his life.

Mar 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov

Against the Grain

Against the Grain Against the Grain

Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right

The underlying philosophy of the National Front remains almost exactly the same as it was under Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Mar 1, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Unthroned

Unthroned Unthroned

Are we all Westeros now?

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq

Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq

The Pentagon’s whitewashed history of the Vietnam War provokes troubling questions about how the invasion of Iraq will one day be remembered.

Feb 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse

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