Politics

Napoleon Bonaparte

Alan Schom, former professor of French and European history at the University of California, Riverside, and Southern Connecticut State University,…

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A Confederate Flag Over The Washington Navy Yard

“A large Confederate flag can be seen flying over the Washington Navy Yard,” General Ben Butler told the English war…

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Defending the Public’s Enemy

To call Ramsey Clark (1927-), Attorney General in Lyndon Johnson’s administration, and one of the principal architects of the 1965…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Napoleon Bonaparte

1. Though the future emperor of France was baptized as Napoléon, his parents nicknamed him Nabulio. In fact, there’s a…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Winston Churchill

1. Winston Churchill’s teachers described him as unambitious, rebellious, and violent, and said that he could not be trusted to…

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His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life

The author of well-received and best-selling books about Franklin D. Roosevelt and Barack Obama, a seasoned political analyst on MSNBC…

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A Fighting Spirit: How Winston Churchill’s “Military Intelligence” Saved Britain

Of all the 20th century statesmen, dead or alive, Sir Winston Churchill (1844–1965) was the quintessential “Renaissance man.” Though he…

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A Royal Pain: Machiavelli’s Evil Prince Is Finally Revealed!

He was a brutal and deceitful ruler who believed that the ends justified the means; in other words, that in…

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Noblesse Oblige: Alan Strauss-Schom On How Napoleon III “Left France a Modern and Prosperous Nation”

Donald Trump has dramatically demonstrated how frighteningly easy it is to render character assassinations of opponents, manufacture fake news, and…

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Raphael Salkie: How Noam Chomsky’s “calm, provocative, and unflinching voice” helps us handle challenges of the 21st century

American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, Noam Chomsky (December 7, 1928) is one of the world’s most respected, though highly…

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