Geoffrey Wawro is University Distinguished Research Professor of History and Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on his new book, The Vietnam War: A Military History (Basic Books, 2024). JF: […]
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The tragedy of American communism
Maurice Isserman is the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History at Hamilton College. He is the author, most recently, of Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. Over at The Guardian, Isserman writes: “I was struck by the mystery of […]
The Author’s Corner with Mauricio Castro
Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of Latin American Studies at Centre College. This interview is based on his new book, Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation […]
An introduction to Antonio Gramsci
The Italian communist was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th-century. If you are new to Gramsci, Mark Engler and Paul Engler’s piece at Dissent is worth your time. Here is a taste: Too often, mainstream political analysts […]
The Author’s Corner with Zach Fredman
Zach Fredman is Assistant Professor of History at Duke Kunshan University. This interview is based on his new book, The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949 (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you […]
Snyder: “The war on history is a war on democracy”
Yale historian Timothy Snyder sees a lot of similarities between the discussion of race happening right now in American schools and the 20th-century European totalitarianism regimes thought about the past. Here is a taste of his piece The New York […]