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Ancient Wisdom: I Was There when Modern Israel Was Born
Living in Poland in 1924, my grandfather was assaulted and called a ‘dirty Jew.’ He came home beaten and bleeding and told his family: Pack your bags—we…
Judea Pearl
How the British Army Learned to Win, with Huw Davies
Eighteenth-century military history can teach us a lot about modern warfare.
Aaron MacLean
52M
This Week in American History: The French Connection
In 1776, a great playwright created a fictitious trading company to hide the French government’s active support of the American rebellion.
Jonathan Horn
Is This War Justified? Eli Lake Debates Iran with Robert Wright
Eli Lake joins Robert Wright on NonZero for a wide-ranging, and at times contentious, conversation on Iran, Israel, and the logic of the current war.
Eli Lake
1HR 53M
The Men Who Bankrolled America
As America turns 250, two founding funders deserve a place alongside the statesmen and generals.
James Grant
This Week in American History: John Adams’s Rage Bait
By April 1776, North Carolinians were resolved to separate from Great Britain.
Jonathan Horn
Our Grandfathers’ Story of Survival
My grandfather survived a Nazi mass execution in Miory, Belarus. His story has shaped the course of my family ever since.
Gabrielle Markel
Neal Stephenson on AI, Rome, and How Civilizations Decline
Why the prophetic sci-fi author looks to ancient Rome to understand the future.
Shilo Brooks
47M
Why Iran’s Reform Movement Failed
Historian Arash Azizi lived through Iran’s failed reform movement. Now he studies it.
Eli Lake
53M
This Week in American History: The Other Manhattan Project
Two hundred fifty years ago this week, George Washington and his Continental Army set off for fortified New York City and prepared to repel a British…
Jonathan Horn
Coleman Hughes: What Ibram X. Kendi Doesn’t Admit
In his new book, America's most famous anti-racist calls politicians who support border control ‘neo-Nazis’ and puts scare quotes around ‘crisis’ when…
Coleman Hughes
Niall Ferguson: How Great Powers Lose Wars They’re Winning
Nearly 70 years after the Suez Crisis, the United States may have marched into a strikingly similar trap in the Strait of Hormuz.
Niall Ferguson
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