In an era of congressional gridlock and political stands determined by opinion surveys, historians are re-evaluating our 28th President, Woodrow Wilson.
A fresh take on the war focusing on gender roles, the “crisis of white masculinity,” the rise of anti-Semitism, racial discrimination and the impact of new communication technologies.
This detailed account of the struggles in Charleston provides a valuable new perspective on why certain groups in the South cling to a “whitewashed” version of history.
At a time when Jewish and Israeli history is being battered by revisionist theories and alternate narratives, this book cements the centuries together.
Fels claims New Left historians let a focus on race, class and gender bias their studies, but our reviewer says this is an oversimplification of a more complicated story.
Like the best of the new scholarship on this period, “Rescue Board” demonstrates that the response of the United States to the Holocaust was mixed, and the country should neither be viewed as the heroic defender of European Jews or as complicit in their destruction.
Ellsberg’s brilliantly-written, deeply insightful, and powerful book should convince us that continued preparations for nuclear war seriously threaten the survival of most life on earth.
The fascinating story of a figure who straddled Imperial and Soviet Russia, shedding light upon modern Russian history and the legacy of autocracy which continues under Vladimir Putin.
