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12/03/2017 - 16:07

They settled in a small resort town, emptied by the war but beginning to fill again with refugees, mostly foreign Jews. In the summer of... →

04/03/2017 - 13:32

As I was growing up in England in the latter half of the 20th century, the concept of intelligence loomed large. It was aspired to, debated... →

27/02/2017 - 19:19

“Ura! Ura! Ura!” I vividly remember the wall of sound as stern, gray-uniformed soldiers met their commander’s greeting: “Congratulations on... →

30/01/2017 - 18:19

In the late 19th century, western imperial Russia was home to nearly 5 million Jews. For generations, life in the shtetls was plagued by... →

30/01/2017 - 18:03

Amid this storm, there are nevertheless only three possible generic outcomes for strategy: (1) same world, meaning a basic... →

25/01/2017 - 15:00

Fascism is commonly associated with German Nazi and Italian regimes that came to power after World War I, though several other countries... →

19/01/2017 - 13:10

It is now a quarter-century since the Soviet Union disintegrated; and 2017 will mark the centennial of the Russian Revolution, which... →

05/01/2017 - 13:23

It’s important to note that while 2016, the year ending today, has been a dreadful one for Westerners who treasure freedom, with Vladimir... →

27/12/2016 - 16:08

Could betrayal be a form of loyalty? Consider the archetype of betrayal, Judas, whom Dante consigned to the innermost ring of the Inferno... →

23/12/2016 - 16:23

Beginning of Feminism There is no one feminism. There are many feminisms, so when you consider the history of feminism you have to take... →

14/12/2016 - 15:19

But it was only after Wiesel’s death, on July 2, that he decided to reveal it to researchers and the reading public. He did so at a... →

12/11/2016 - 19:10

We know about human sacrifice in Aztec culture from an array evidence. First of all, we have prehispanic codices that have survived. In... →

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