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How Allies Have Helped the US Gain Independence, Defend Freedom and Keep the Peace
Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George Washington.
by
Donald Heflin
via
The Conversation
on
February 20, 2025
Skis, Samba, and Smoking Snakes: An Unlikely World War II Partnership
What happened when glacier-goggled American ski troops and samba-loving Brazilian soldiers fought side-by-side halfway across the world?
by
Carson Teuscher
via
Origins
on
January 13, 2024
partner
How Trump’s Airport Gaffe Masked A Dangerous Misunderstanding of the Revolutionary War
America won its freedom thanks to strong alliances.
by
Lawrence B. A. Hatter
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Made By History
on
July 12, 2019
The Conservative Historian Every Socialist Should Read
A lifetime spent studying the disastrous lead-up to World War I gave Paul Schroeder reason to be horrified at the recklessness of US foreign policy.
by
Mathias Fuelling
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Jacobin
on
April 22, 2025
“Endless Bad Infinity”
A conversation with the creators of a podcast series on the feedback loop of American empire.
by
Charlotte Rosen
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Noah Kulwin
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Brendan James
via
Public Books
on
April 22, 2025
By Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies.
by
Stephen Zunes
via
New Lines
on
February 14, 2025
partner
How Qatar Became a Major Middle East Power Broker
The history behind the country's role as a key American ally that also maintains warm relations with Iran and others.
by
Allen Fromherz
via
Made By History
on
September 30, 2024
Ill-Suited to Reality: NATO’s Delusions
It has suddenly become popular to cast NATO as the first benign military alliance in history, without concealed politics.
by
Tom Stevenson
via
London Review of Books
on
July 25, 2024
How LBJ Forged the US-Israel Alliance
The special relationship between the United States and Israel was cemented by the support offered by Lyndon B. Johnson throughout the sixties.
by
Ronan Mainprize
via
Engelsberg Ideas
on
January 22, 2024
A Brief History of the US-Israel 'Special Relationship'
A historian of the Middle East examines how connections have shifted since long before the 1948 founding of the Jewish state.
by
Fayez Hammad
via
The Conversation
on
November 29, 2023
Counterinsurgency to the Shores of Tripoli
The Navy’s operations against Barbary corsairs at the start of the 19th century provide salient lessons for operating in the gray zone today.
by
Benjamin Armstrong
via
Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute
on
October 1, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Redux
The author of the 20th century’s most influential history book anticipates the coming world order.
by
Paul Kennedy
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New Statesman
on
September 20, 2023
The Atomic Bombings of Japan Were Based on Lies
On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Japan, we should remember that deploying the bomb wasn’t necessary to win the war.
by
Taylor C. Noakes
via
Jacobin
on
August 9, 2023
The American Revolution's Forgotten Spanish Hero
How Bernardo de Galvez turned the tide against British supremacy on the continent.
by
Itxu Diaz
via
The American Conservative
on
October 21, 2022
I Tried to Put Russia on Another Path
My policy was to work for the best, while expanding NATO to prepare for the worst.
by
Bill Clinton
via
The Atlantic
on
April 7, 2022
‘A Bridge Too Far’
Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.
by
Fred Kaplan
via
New York Review of Books
on
March 11, 2022
Ignored Warnings: How NATO Expansion Led to the Current Ukraine Tragedy
NATO expansion - the trigger for Russia's attack on Ukraine?
by
Ted Carpenter
via
1945
on
February 24, 2022
How We Got From the Cold War to the Current Russian Standoff (and It’s Not All on Putin)
Yes, the Russian leader is an authoritarian aggressor. But different decisions at key points by the U.S. might have made him less so.
by
Jordan Michael Smith
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The New Republic
on
January 28, 2022
partner
July Fourth is Independence Day for Two Countries. But for One It is Hollow.
For the Philippines, independence from the United States came with strings attached.
by
Christopher Capozzola
via
Made By History
on
July 4, 2021
The Vanishing American Century?
After World War II, American power on the world stage was defined by internationalism and cooperation.
by
Daniel Immerwahr
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Jeremi Suri
via
Not Even Past
on
December 9, 2020
Day One at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: ‘De Gaulle Thinks He’s Joan of Arc’
A day-by-day account of the historic summit in Yalta, seventy-five years later.
by
Diana Preston
via
Literary Hub
on
February 4, 2020
The Long War Against Slavery
A new book argues that many seemingly isolated rebellions are better understood as a single protracted struggle.
by
Casey N. Cep
via
The New Yorker
on
January 20, 2020
When Young George Washington Started a War
A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War.
by
David Preston
via
Smithsonian
on
September 23, 2019
Is This the End of the American Century?
Has Trump permanently damaged the credibility of the presidential office?
by
Adam Tooze
via
London Review of Books
on
April 4, 2019
What Happened to the “Free World”?
Pundits can't seem to define what exactly the term refers to. Turns out it was developed for a very particular historical moment.
by
Peter Slezkine
via
The New Republic
on
May 22, 2018
At Its Core, the Declaration of Independence Was a Plea for Help From Britain’s Enemies
The intended audience for the document could be found in the royal houses of France and Spain.
by
Larrie D. Ferreiro
via
Smithsonian
on
June 28, 2017
Why Has America Named So Many Places After a French Nobleman?
The Marquis de Lafayette's name graces more city parks and streets than perhaps any other foreigner.
by
Laura Auricchio
via
Zócalo Public Square
on
June 22, 2017
“We Lost Our Appetite for Food”: Why Eighteenth-Century Hangriness Might Not Be a Thing
Hunger hasn't always always caused anger and violence - in American history, hunger was more likely to be suppressed.
by
Rachel B. Herrmann
via
Nursing Clio
on
April 20, 2017
40 Maps That Explain World War I
Why the war started, how the Allies won, and why the world has never been the same.
by
Matthew Yglesias
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Zack Beauchamp
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Timothy B. Lee
via
Vox
on
August 14, 2014
'The Greatest Catastrophe the World Has Seen'
Considering six books on the outbreak of World War I and its place in history.
by
R. J. W. Evans
via
New York Review of Books
on
February 6, 2014
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