List of History articles
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A military truck of the Nigerien security forces, part of an escort to a French military convoy, crosses the Lazaret district in Niamey, Niger, on Oct. 10. A New West African Security Pact Is Bound to Fail
The Alliance of Sahel States is focused more on stoking anti-French sentiment than fighting violent extremism.
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Palestine-israel-conflict-history-books-foreign-policy-homepage The Best Books for Understanding the Israel-Hamas War
Ten reads that offer insight into the origins of today’s conflict—and what may come next.
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An illustration shows a peace dove with a rocket in its beak tangled in barbed wire atop a border wall between Gaza and Israel. Vengeance Is Not a Policy
Emotionally driven reactions from Washington won’t prevent future violence. Dismantling the Gaza prison could.
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The troops and vehicles of an Israeli armored brigade are silhouetted as they move along a dirt road between hills in a hazy orange and yellow dawn scene during the Yom Arab-Israeli War in 1973. The 1973 War Analogy Is Deeper Than You Think
The parallels from 50 years ago will shape the region’s battle today.
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A rainbow behind the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum Getting Rome Right and America Wrong
A new history of empire is far too British.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a placard showing maps tracing the reduction of Palestinian territory from its historical borders, left, to then-U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for a Palestinian state under his new peace plan, far right, as he speaks in Ramallah. The Geopolitics of Palestine, Explained
Gaza wasn’t always the hot spot it is today.
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An illustration of Imelda Marcos holding a parasol as she lounges on the sand, leaning on skulls, as shoes and palm fronts swirl around her. The Fabulous Mythmaking of Imelda Marcos
A new novel claws back history from a family that would otherwise have it disappear.
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A woman is silhouetted as she walks down stairs past a communist-era stained glass panel in Berlin on April 26, 2019. The early-1960s work depicts images of industry, technology, agriculture, the military, youth, family, and the working class common in socialist art of the communist bloc. A Tale of Two Germanies
Thirty-three years after reunification, the country’s wounds are rawer than many would like to admit.
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Members of the GIL (Italian Youth of the Lictor) help farmers during the wheat threshing in Italy. The Great Turn Inward
A new book argues countries are de-globalizing yet again. But was there ever such a thing as globalism to begin with?
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Trump's silhouette is seen from the back. He's walking toward a big illuminated U.S. flag. How the U.S. Created Its Own Reality
Historian Heather Cox Richardson charts the roots of 21st-century disinformation—and how American democracy began to falter.
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A large crowd of supporters of Nelson Mandela protest against apartheid in 1994. A group of men in the foreground carry a long white box that reads "Farewell apartheid, don't come back." South African History From Above
A sweeping new history of the country focuses primarily on elites, rather than the grassroots movements that overturned apartheid.
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A view from the cockpit shows backlit control panels and two pilots inside a KC-130J aerial refueler en route from Williamtown to Darwin as the sun sets on the horizon. America Prepares for a Pacific War With China It Doesn’t Want
Embedded with U.S. forces in the Pacific, I saw the dilemmas of deterrence firsthand.
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Viet Cong soldiers in the fog of the jungle during the Vietnam War in a black and white photograph The Ghostly Legacies of America’s War in Vietnam
The United States tried to use Vietnamese beliefs to terrify enemy soldiers.
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Two people on a motorcycle drive past a small fire. The Real Intervention Haiti Needs
Force won’t get to the root of the country’s crisis. But smart monetary policy will.
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An illustration shows a figure laying down beneath the pavement, palms facing up, underneath a Russian tan with the word prisposoblenchestvo, referring to conformism, written in Cyrillic letters. Wartime Russians Fall Back on an Ancient Survival Strategy
Conformism and acquiescence have a long tradition in a culture of chaos and repression.
