History Articles

Tyranny for the Commons Man

Barry Schwartz | Jun 23, 2009
Six billion people are now sharing one planet, one water supply and limited energy resources with a grab-first-ask-questions-later mentality. But there is hope. New insights into human psychology can help manage everything from environmental negot

Fate and Freedom in History

John Patrick Diggins | Sep 01, 2002
The historical revisionists of the Sixties have been the last to adapt to the end of the Cold War: case in point, Eric Foner.

Achieving Oil Security: A Practical Proposal

Martin Feldstein | Nov 01, 2001
The key to U.S. energy security does not lie ultimately in the Middle East. Cutting domestic demand is critical to near-term American success--and it can be done without raising taxes.

Quantum Leap

Patrick Glynn | Mar 01, 1995
The new world of foreign policy is neither a unipolar world nor a multipolar world, but an integrated global system, in which the United States plays a central, but constantly tempered, role.

The Philosophy of 'Europe'

John Laughland | Mar 01, 1995
If the myth of destabilizing European nationalism continues to cast its spell over the decisions of Europe's political architects, then it will prove to be a self-fulfilling fantasy.

A Tired Anarchy

Charles H. Fairbanks | Mar 01, 1995
Russia, for our officials and foreign policy leaders, is an increasingly scary and strange place. We don't seem to know where we are or what we are doing.

An Old Age is Out, Review of Pierre PŽan's Une jeunesse franaise, Franois Mitterrand: 1934-1947

| Mar 01, 1995
An Old Age is Out, Review of Pierre PŽan's Une jeunessefranaise, Franois Mitterrand: 1934-1947 (Paris: Fayard, 1994);Emmanuel Faux's Thomas LeGrand, and Gilles Perez, La main droite deDieu, (Paris: ƒditions du Seuil, 1994); Edwy Plenel's Un temps dec

The Culture of War

Ronald H. Spector | Mar 01, 1994
Books by John Keegan and Bruce Porter attempt to address the broad question of the role of war in history.

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