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Donald Kagan, a historian of the ancient world believes that, in every era, people have reacted to the demands of waging war in surprisingly similar ways, and that, to protect our national interests today, Americans must understand the choices that soldiers and statesmen made hundreds and even thousands of years ago. Read >>
A young man’s journey from Brooklyn to the world, from boyhood to the glimmerings of maturity, from peace to war Read >>
His contemporaries saw the painter Charles Burchfield as another regionalist. Today, it seems clear that the region was the human spirit. Read >>
“Why Harvard Does Not Win” Read >>
The Teapot Starts to Boil Read >>
How a J. P. Morgan partner and the former Secretary of the Navy defused a revolution just by being good guys Read >>
AT&T protected its interests with the fiercest vigilance, and thereby helped bring itself down. Read >>
A moving calm fills places that had been shattered by war. Read >>
All across America, there are restaurants that serve up the spirit and conviviality of eras long past. Read >>
Poisoned, ruined, and self-cannibalized, this city is still the grandest of all boomtowns. Read >>
Amid a hundred mountains and a thousand lakes, a fascinating institution tells the story of America’s engagement with its Eastern wilderness. Read >>

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