Looking Back at the Russian Revolution 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which occurred in March and…
Category: World History
My new book, Viking Law and Order, paints a rather different picture of Viking Age society from the one we…
It would seem that elements of the Anglosphere have always required a bogey or a multiplicity of bogeys. Perhaps other…
In the early years of China’s Civil War, the Communist army and leadership sought refuge from Nationalist troops in the…
My research treats music as a crucial aspect of modernist literature, and the First World War was a crucial event…
By Ruth Mostern Here, Ruth Mostern gives some background to her article, “Don’t Just Build It, They Probably Won’t Come:…
By Anna Clark It is widely assumed that the concept of human rights only emerged after 1945. However, I have…
Thomas Jefferson maintained a flock of geese to supply him with quills for his pens. The fastest speed for a…
By Peter Sanford Peter Sanford, now retired, is known for his contributions to the development of rocket and satellite instruments,…