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War: In History’s Shadow
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by Niall Fergusonvia Financial Times
A Century On, the First World War is Still Being Played Out
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by Timothy Garton Ashvia Guardian (UK)
Harold Melvin Agnew Motion Picture Film, Hoover Institution Archives.
A History of Nuclear Choices
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by Josef Joffevia Strategika
A coal miner in Donetsk, Ukraine
Michael McFaul on News Nation
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interview with Michael McFaulvia MSNBC
Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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with Larry Diamondvia Hoover Videos
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

On Wednesday, January 23, Hoover fellow Larry Diamond spoke with Stanford students about promoting democracy in the Middle East, Burma/Myanmar, and Mongolia and about US foreign policy in Obama’s second term. (52:39)

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Analysis and Commentary

Republicans Must Focus on Restoring Reputation for Competence and Prudence

by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Thursday, January 3, 2013
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Digital Images from Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at Hoover Archives

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Born-digital photographs depicting US National Guard units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and images of leaflets and flyers distributed in those countries, are available for research at the Hoover Archives.

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Analysis and Commentary

A Short History of Amorous Generals

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
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Lee Edwards' audio interviews

Sound Recordings concerning the Third Reich Digitized

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Audiotapes in several collections relating to Germany’s Third Reich have been digitized by Hoover’s audio lab for both preservation and access.

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Unlocking Andrzej Pomian's London Archive

Unlocking Andrzej Pomian's London Archive

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Last month I had the privilege of participating in a conference titled “Documents of the Polish Underground State 1939–1945” organized by the Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw. My presentation was on the Andrzej Pomian papers, which I organized and which were recently added to the Hoover Archives.

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Abraham D. Sofaer

Sofaer discusses the impact of Israel's success with the Iron Dome system on KPCC’s Take Two

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Abraham Sofaer, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution whose work focuses on issues related to international law, terrorism, diplomacy, and national security, describes the Iron Dome missile defense system in Israel. Sofaer notes that Israel has been able protect its civilian population with the Iron Dome, which had more than four hundred interceptions and a success rate of approximately 80 percent. This first major test of the system is getting high marks for effectiveness.

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The Caravan: Obama’s Second Term – Middle Eastern Memos.

Hoover Caravan traverses postelection landscape in the Middle East

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Hoover Caravan is a product of the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, cochaired by Hoover fellows Charles Hill and Fouad Ajami, with the active participation of John Raisian, the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution. Participants gather in a round-table discussion format to discuss various topics and ideas. The contributors write 750-word essays and columns that can be seen on Advancing a Free Society: The Caravan.

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Ribbentrop album in the Hoover Archives

Estonian news reporter visits the Hoover Archives for a glance at Estonian history

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

On October 15, 2012, Estonian TV news reporter Neeme Raud visited the Hoover Institution Archives to learn more about the Estonian collections in the archives. A group of local and visiting Estonians accompanied him. They were given a presentation by archival specialist David Jacobs that highlighted some of the HIA's important documents pertaining to Estonian history, including photographs of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in 1939 that led to the Soviet annexation of the Baltic States one year later.

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Ajami discusses Egypt's role in the Gaza-Israel conflict on Anderson Cooper 360

via Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN)
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, discusses Egypt's role in Gaza-Israel conflict. “The Arab world is not really going to march to the tune of Hamas” Fouad notes, “In the end, the Egyptians have fought four wars with Israel and the harvest has been catastrophe, they don't want to go back to the past.”

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