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Hoover Digest by topic: Political History
April 6, 2012
A Lesson for Europe
America’s founders paid off the states’ debts once—but only once. That wise example could benefit Europe today. By Thomas J. Sargent.
April 6, 2012
Taiwan's Secret Ally
Image credit: Hoover Archives
In Chiang Kai-shek’s darkest hour, he turned to a retired U.S. admiral. By Hsiao-ting Lin.
April 6, 2012
The Third-Party Temptation
Image credit: Taylor Jones
Factions and futility. That’s what third parties produce. By Paul E. Peterson.
April 6, 2012
Taking on the Apparatchiks
Image credit: ©Agence France-Presse/Andrey Smirnov
Russians challenge the “deeply cynical caste” that has long ruled them. By Robert Conquest.
January 23, 2012
Searching for Peter Wrangel
Image credit: State Museum of Russian Political History
He was the dashing, doomed general who challenged the Bolsheviks, an icon of a Russia that might have been. By Anthony Kröner.
January 23, 2012
States Are Made, Not Born
Image credit: Taylor Jones
No amount of global clamor will create a Palestinian state. The state of Israel shows what will: hard work, good will, and timing. By Fouad Ajami.
January 23, 2012
Nazi Family Values
Disturbing keepsakes of the most inhumane figures in history. By David Jacobs.
January 23, 2012
This Time is Different
Image credit: © Newscom/Jeff Malet
Paul Ryan is a straight shooter, and health care is his target. An interview with Peter Robinson.
January 23, 2012
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier . . . Priest
A tale of two treacherous clerics and the communist infiltration of the Vatican. By Donal O’Sullivan.
January 23, 2012
Diplomats for a New Era
The Foreign Service needs fresh ideas for training American envoys. By Kori N. Schake.