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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
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Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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The Shah, by Hoover fellow Abbas Milani

The Shah

by Abbas Milanivia Palgrave Macmillan
Monday, February 14, 2011

In this biography, Milani presents a deeply researched portrait of Mohammad Reza, offering readers a unique account of the shah's private life, sovereignty, and downfall.

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R. James Woolsey is the Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Woolsey discusses the next steps for Egypt on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

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Friday, February 11, 2011

James Woolsey, a member of the Task Force on Energy Policy, discusses what will happen in Egypt and hopes Egypt is prepared to avoid a fate similar to that of Iran.

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Ajami discusses what comes after Mubarak on CNN’s Parker-Spitzer

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, discusses who will be the next leader of Egypt. Ajami notes that the next government will not be a theocracy but a secular democracy of the Egyptian variety.

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Ajami and Woolsey discuss what's next for Egypt on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, and James Woolsey, a member of the Task Force on Energy Policy, discuss what will happen in Egypt, who will be the next leader, how will the military council work, and how the Egyptians can keep the new government from slipping into the hands of radicals.

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Hoover visiting fellow Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano

Hoover visiting fellow Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano addresses the question of whether terrorists can be tried in civilian courts using lessons learned from the Shining Path experience in Peru

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Hoover visiting fellow Gabriela Tarazona-Sevillano was a criminal affairs prosecuting attorney in Peru and has taught for many years in the United States. She is author of Sendero Luminoso and the Threat of Narcoterrorism. In a lecture at the Stanford Law School on Thursday, February 10, sponsored by the Hoover Archives and the Stanford International Law Society, Tarazona-Sevillano discussed whether military or civilian courts would be best suited for terrorist trials.

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Hoover National Security Affairs fellows Brenda Cartier, JP McGee, and Minter Ra

Hoover’s National Security Affairs Fellows participate in a panel discussion concerning leadership insights from military leaders

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

On Wednesday, February 16, Hoover National Security Affairs fellows Brenda Cartier, JP McGee, and Minter Ralston will take part in a panel discussion about leading organizations under conditions of stress and ambiguity. They will share some of their own experiences and offer insights that may be applied in other organizational contexts. Questions that will be addressed include: What is it like to lead a team or organization in this context? What leadership lessons has the military learned in Iraq and Afghanistan that may not have applied in previous conflicts? What specific lessons can be applied off the field of battle? Click here for more information.

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Hoover Institution acquires papers of Tatiana Zhilkina

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

This collection is subdivided into two topics. The first consists of fourteen reels of taped oral history interviews with builders involved in constructing the Baikalo-Amurskaia magistral (BAM), 1975-77. This was the last of the grandiose construction projects undertaken in the Soviet Union.

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Ajami discusses whether Egypt and the Middle East are at a turning point on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, notes that the Egyptian people want liberty but that Mubarak will not allow it because his pride is more important than the safety of his people. Ajami does not know how the chaotic situation in Egypt will end.

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Victory and the Savior Generals

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Reflections on history’s great captains of the battlefield...

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Victory and the Savior Generals

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Defining Ideas
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Reflections on history’s great captains of the battlefield.

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The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.