After centuries of British rule, that the English yoke was finally broken in 1921 is one of the most remarkable
Tag: History
The Refounding of a Nation
Nations are fundamentally chained to their founding, and how a nation understands its origins will put a restraint on what
Understanding Boomers and World War II
One of the more consistent criticisms from the American Dissident Right is regarding the Boomer generation’s inability to move past
Historical Lessons
Things aren’t going well, but in many times and places things weren’t going well, either. So, today I’d like to
Poetic Irony: A. Mitchell Palmer and the FBI
After World War 1, the first “Red Scare” happened. It wasn’t quite as intense as the McCarthy era, but it
The Rise of American Lysenkoism
One particular aspect of Soviet society that is often overlooked is just how ideological it was, especially in its early
The Julius Caesar Solution
The Roman Republic formed and thrived. Then it degenerated into the Roman oligarchy, as all republics do. There was an entrenched
The New Ottomans
One aspect of Turkish Nationalism that has long intrigued me is its historical tendency to shy away from Ottoman nostalgia.
Baron von Humboldt, and the Physical Geography of the Sea
(Note to Readers: Below is Ch. XIII of my book, The Life and Times of Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of
The Second Suez Canal Crisis
In the traditional historiography of the decline of the British Empire, World War II is viewed as the seminal event