This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Agadir Crisis Backgrounder.IntroductionThe Agadir Crisis was the
Why Ancient Rome Matters
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. This article Why Ancient Rome Matters was published yesterday in The
Pondering Hitler’s Legacy
After 76 years, it seems appropriate to try to figure out what Hitler and the war he initiated genuinely changed in the world.by George
Napoleonic Grand Strategy
This article from just 5 days ago looks at power: how it is acquired and how it is used. The professor is interested in how Napoleon came from
Who are Historians?
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in the world of history.[Update 1/9/2016: that blog seems to have gone dormant. Ms. Campbell gives
Why we’ve Never Lived in Such Peaceful Times as Now
In The World Is Not Falling Apart published by Slate last month on 12/22/14, Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack argue that world violence is at a new low.
Fate’s Intersections
by Jack Le MoineHow many points were there in history that were decisive in determining how the world about us came to be the way it is? Many would
Collective Memory
Just discovered an essay on how our collective memory (i.e. history) is molded, shaped and preserved. This from ThinkShop blog.Update : That
Interactive Storytelling
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is just a platform for Books & Ideas.net to interview David Armitage about how to use modern tools to let