Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq
Following on my several readings of the use and misuse of history regarding the American Civil war (The Half Has …
Category Archives: History
Looking For the Good War — Elizabeth D. Samet
World War Two is, as we all know, “the Good War,” and those who fought it, “The Greatest Generation.” In …
Forget The Alamo – History Surfacing
History, it is said, is written by the winners. Well, not always. The history of the Alamo, as it has …
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism – Edward E Baptist
The international slave-trade from Africa to the New World was banned by England in 1807, America in 1808, Spain, Sweden …
“Blood Done Sign My Name” & “Down Along With That Devil’s Bones” – Two Stories of the White South
Following my reading of Susan Neiman’s, Learning From the Germans, in which she examines America’s and Germany’s differing responses to the …
Learning from the Germans – Susan Neiman
Walk the streets of Berlin, or any other German city, and you will not see a statue or any other …
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 — Milton Mayer
Milton Mayer’s They Thought They Were Free, had long been on my reading list. By unhappy coincidence this turned out …
Twelve Years a Slave – Solomon Northup, and other Slave Narratives
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, published in 1854, was somewhat of a sensation that year, selling over 30,000 …
Begin Again – Eddie S. Glaude Jr
Eddie Glaude Jr. is one of a vital new wave of Black American writers¹. Though he primarily writes of religion …
The Road – Vasily Grossman
Vasily Grossman, (Ukrainian-Soviet, 1905–1964,) may be the world’s least known colossal writer. His short fiction, his stupendous novels, his moral …
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story – by Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis, one of the best writers of creative non-fiction since John McPhee invented the genre has followed his eye-opening …
Exterminate All the Brutes – Sven Lindqvist
Sven Lindqvist begins his short, vital, disturbing Exterminate All The Brutes with the words, “You already know enough. So do …