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Why conservatives are so upset with the new AP standardsby Tom SullivanMore analysis now of the recent attempt by Colorado conservatives to present students with a properly soft-focused American history. |
Even if we defeat the Islamic State, we’ll still lose the bigger warby Andrew J. BacevichAs America’s efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants extend into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV. |
How African-Americans responded to Gone with the Windby E.R. ShippOn this 75th anniversary of the film, a historical look at how the black press covered its premiere and the film’s depiction of slavery and black citizens. |
How Not To Understand ISISby Alireza DoostdarSensationalist accounts of “shari‘a justice” notwithstanding, we do not have much information about how ISIS administers the lives of millions of people who reside in the territories it now controls. |
China’s president is invoking the Silk Road in diplomacy with neighbors. Does he understand what the Silk Road was all about?by Tansen SenThe romantic concept of a historic Silk Road by which camel caravans wend among the mountains and deserts of Central Asia is back in the news. |
6 Mind-Blowing Tactical Tricks That Turned The Tide Of Warby Jeremy BenderTechnology and manpower never guarantee a military victory by themselves. |
Obama’s misguided in claiming he knows which is the right side of historyby Jonah GoldbergWe’ve heard a great deal lately about the “wrong side of history.” Although a slogan that glorifies history, it is a statement about the future, not the past. |
The Yasukuni Shuffle: China and Japan duke it out via T.V. Serials on the Wrongs of WW IIby Philip J CunninghamEveryday hundreds, if not thousands of Chinese and Japanese kill one another on Chinese television. |
Will Syria Be Obama’s Vietnam?by Fredrik Logevall and Gordon M. GoldsteinWill Mr. Obama repeat history and commit ground troops? |
The Congressman Who Spied for Russiaby Peter DuffyThe strange case of Samuel Dickstein. |