CSIS will release two edited volumes: A Global History of the Twentieth Century: Legacies and Lessons from Six National Perspectives, which examines Japan's experience in war and peace in the context ...

There have been very few guarantees in 2020, but here’s one: “The Twentieth Century” is the most bizarre movie you’ll watch this year. That is, unless you can think of another film featuring a pee ...

In this slim, dense volume, historian Lukacs (History and the Human Condition) delivers an insightful overview of the “historical” 20th century, a span beginning in 1914 with WWI and ending in 1989 ...

I know we’re nearing the end of African-American history month, but I wanted to let you know about two books that have recently crossed my desk that deal with education and African-American history ...

In this scintillating series of conversations undertaken as he was dying of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, British-American historian Judt (The Memory Chalet) and his interlocutor Snyder (Bloodlands) survey ...

The 20th century was more than just a period of conflict and rapid technological advancement. It was also the time when ...

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“If you remember the ’60s, you weren’t really there.” This famous quip says much about our rose-tinted nostalgia for the decade. The fun-loving hedonism of Woodstock and Beatlemania may be etched into ...

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