Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Oral History: Douglas A. Boyd explains the basics of the oldest—and newest—historical method
“Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving, and interpreting the voices and memories of people, communities, and participants...
Love, War, and Diplomacy: Eric H. Cline on the Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed
“Two years and a half years ago, when coming down the Nile in a dahabiah, I stopped at . . . Tel el-Amarna. In the course of my exploration, I noticed...
War and Power: Phillips Payson O’Brien on Who Wins Wars and Why
For at least two centuries, ideas of international relations and grand strategy have been premised on the notion of “great powers.” These were mighty...
Bloody Crowns: Michael Livingston on Two Hundred Years of War, Power, and Transformation
The young King was determined to strike. His throne and power had been taken from him; now he would seize them both back. Now his chosen men entered...
Wolfpack: Roger Moorhouse on the view from inside of Hitler's U-Boat war
During the Second World War Germany’s submarines sank over three thousand Allied ships, that figure amounting to nearly three-quarters of Allied shipping...
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