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Hoover Digest by topic: Military History

January 23, 2012

The Unfinished Business of Katyn

How Russia and Poland could heal the wounds of a notorious atrocity. By Adam Bosiacki.

January 23, 2012

The U.N.:So Bad It's Almost Beautiful

Powerless, aimless, corrupt: what’s not to like? By Bruce S. Thornton.

October 12, 2011

Between the Gates of Tears

USS San Jacinto
Image credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Comm. Spec. 2nd Class Ja’lon A. Rhinehart

Jihadist violence troubles the lands around the Arabian Sea, where sailing of any sort has rarely been smooth. By Camille Pecastaing.

October 12, 2011

To the Shores of Tripolitania

man with grenade
Image credit: Hoover Archives

Libya has known autocrats and invaders before. A century ago, Italians came, saw, conquered . . . and were defeated. By Charles Lindsey.

October 12, 2011

In Reagan's Footsteps

Reagan statue
Image credit: © Agence France-Presse/Attila Kisbenedek

As the Reagan centennial year draws to an end, Europeans honor the man who, as Margaret Thatcher put it, “won the Cold War without firing a shot.” By Edwin Meese III.

October 12, 2011

When the Strongman Falters

Sphinx
Image credit: Taylor Jones

The Arab revolts show why some autocrats hang on forever while others get swept away. By Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.

July 13, 2011

Trial of a Thousand Years

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in 1980
Image credit: USAF

Behind the headlines lies an old and basic question: in the clash between Islamism and the nation-state, who will win? By Charles Hill.

July 13, 2011

The Revolutionary Republic

Sun Yat-sen, at top center of this 1912 calendar

In 1911, China rejected feudalism to enter the modern era. A new Hoover exhibit on a century of change. By Hsiao-ting Lin and Lisa Nguyen.

July 13, 2011

Extending an Invitation to Reform

Saudi King Abdullah, right, and then-president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
Image credit: Agence France-Presse/Hassan Ammar

The United States has always been among the kingdom’s best friends. Who better to help it change? By Leif Eckholm.

July 13, 2011

The Enemies of Our Enemy

We may not yet know what to do about the Islamists fighting in Libya, but we do know not to repeat certain mistakes. By Joseph Felter and Brian Fishman.