Poland’s 20th century tragedy
Stuck between Germany and the Soviet Union didn’t stop thousands of Poles from contributing to the war effort in the 1940s
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Author: Pat Murphy
John F. Kennedy: an anglophile for all seasons
The storied president was more English than Irish, despite being seen as the ultimate symbol of Irish-American success and social acceptance
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Was the Ukrainian Red Famine genocide or incompetence?
Historians are divided on Josef Stalin’s intent in the Ukraine that resulted in millions of deaths. Anne Applebaum’s new book has revived the dispute
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Diana’s bad bargain and her enduring mythology
While popular opinion may cast her as a victim, it’s hard to imagine that she’d have given Charles a second thought if he wasn’t the Prince of Wales
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‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’
While it might be silly to argue the Berlin Wall came down because of Ronald Reagan, he demonstrated unusual prescience about the Soviet Union’s fragility
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