Conventional Wisdom on the Origins of the First World War Conventional wisdom, among both scholars and general readers, is that…
The level of frustration that many in the West have regarding Russia’s post-Communist transformation is unreasonably high, and this frustration…
One of the most fascinating aspects of Max Hastings’ book, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945, is his discussion of…
Back in 2006-07, I wrote a series of “Reflections” on Russia’s DNA and the first essay in this series focused…
A number of political commentators noted during President Vladimir Putin’s first term that he reminded them of Tsar Alexander II,…
For me, the most interesting parts of William Taubman’s biography of Khrushchev (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W. W.…
William Taubman’s award-winning biography of Khrushchev (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY,…
William Taubman’s awarding-winning biography of Khrushchev (Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, NY,…
In 1990, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a Professor at Harvard University, published a book entitled Bound to Lead: The Changing…
Edvard Radzinsky’s biography of Joseph Stalin, the first biography based on the secret files of the President’s Archive, the Communist…