News Abroad

How the Allies Won on D-Day

by Giles Milton

A ground-breaking account of the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion told by a symphony of incredible accounts of unknown and unheralded members of the Allied – and Axis – forces.

The Death of Appeasement: the 80th Anniversary of the Invasion of Prague

by Yoav J. Tenembaum

March 1939 was the real turning point in international relations. September 1939 was to be the climax.

Why is the Mona Lisa not the Mona Lisa?

by Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Brown

New research suggests the famous painting in the Louvre does not depict Mona Lisa.

Remembering Audrey Hepburn's Best Role

by William Lambers

How her experiences as a child motivated her commitment to ending children's hunger.

Will the U.S. Government Abide by the International Law It Created in Venezuela?

by Lawrence Wittner

And how the U.S. government has violated these principles of international law in the past.

Genocide Denial In Bosnia: A Danger to Europe and to the World

by Albinko Hasic

The same de-humanizing philosophy which fed into ethnic and religious tropes leading to genocide is back, perhaps stronger than ever.

Battlefield Tourism At Ypres and How Public History Sites Change

by Mark Connelly and Stefan Goebel

Modern Ypres or Ieper is a world forged and shaped in the furnace of a conflict that ended one hundred years ago this November. 

Hitler's Own Maginot Line

by Robert Scott Kellner

What the diary of a German against the Third Reich can teach us about the Atlantic Wall. 

One Of The Greatest Cover-Ups Of The 20th Century

by John Heminway

A quest to learn more about a friend after her death revealed shocking secrets. 

What 2020 Presidential Hopefuls Can Learn From Carter, Clinton, and Obama's Foreign Policy

by Ronald L. Feinman

It would be wise if the next President of the United States examined the records of accomplishment in foreign policy of the three most recent Democratic Presidents.

Proof that Bombs Can Stop Genocide

by Rafael Medoff

If President Roosevelt had heeded the pleas that were made in 1944 to use force against the machinery of genocide, many lives could have been saved.

Sacrificing Greatness For Personal Ambition

by Alon Ben-Meir

An Open Letter to Turksih President Erdogan

Alexander the Great and "The Republic of Northern Macedonia"

by Robert Garland

How Alexander the Great helped created a naming controversy 2,500 years later that was just resolved. 

Teaching the Fall of the Roman Republic During the Trump Presidency

by Edward Watts

My students are trying to understand Rome’s mistakes and discover sources of its political resilience.

The Polar Bear Expedition: When America Intervened in Russian Affairs

by James Carl Nelson

As allegations and investigations swirl around the questions of Russian intervention in our 2016 elections, it’s worth a look back one hundred years to our own intervention in Russia. 

The American Tourist in Paris: A Retrospective

by Lauren Jannette

Although no longer breaking furniture, running out on checks, and throwing racist fits about the evening’s entertainment, Americans remain an integral part of Paris’s continued debates over the benefits and detriments of being one of the world’s largest tourists destinations. 

Don’t Expect Rulers of Nuclear-Armed Nations to Accept Nuclear Disarmament―Unless They’re Pushed to Do So

by Lawrence Wittner

Although the rulers of nuclear-armed nations are usually eager to foster nuclear buildups, substantial public pressure can secure their acceptance of nuclear disarmament.    

Don’t Invade Venezuela

by Alan McPherson

Contrary to what most believe, a military intervention in South America would be unprecedented

Why Elliott Abrams is the Right Man for the Job in Venezuela

by Teresa Meade

His career stretches back through some of the most sordid instances of US intervention and brutality.

Combatting Crimes against History

by Antoon De Baets

Those who died while exercising their right to history are testimony to the fact that the historian’s craft is vulnerable, that its integrity needs constant vigilance and protection, that the defence of its basic principles is a duty for all, always, and everywhere.