In The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, historian Michael Burleigh refuses to play favorites, calling on all conscientious citizens to demand the highest possible standards from their leaders. He does not always tell readers what they want to hear, only what they need to hear—and for that they should be very thankful.
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Can America Overcome Race?
In Randall Kennedy’s new book on the dimensions of race in American politics, Kennedy abandons his usual level-headed analysis for a partisan, and misguided, look at American progressivism and conservatism.
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War and Moral Sanity: Nuclear Attacks
An exploration of how war affects people, and what it does to their natural moral instincts. The second in a two-part series.
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War and Moral Sanity
An exploration of how war affects people, and what it does to their natural moral instincts. The first in a two-part series.
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Did Pius XII Lie to Save Jews?
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