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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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Analysis and Commentary

Israel pulled off a brilliant blunder in Dubai

by Josef Joffevia Daily Star (Lebanon)
Friday, March 5, 2010

The Dubai operation looks like a brilliant bungle. . . .

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Saturday: Talk on history of Hoover Library

with Hoover Institution, Nicholas Siekierskivia Almanac (CA)
Friday, March 5, 2010

Nick Siekierski will outline the history of the founding of the library of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and highlight some famous "treasures" from its archives at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6, in the Fireside Room at Burgess Recreation Center, 700 Alma St. in Menlo Park. . . .

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Analysis and Commentary

No Allies, But Plenty of Enemies

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Almost 30 years after losing a war over the Falkland Islands, Argentina is once again warning Britain that it still wants back what it calls the Malvinas. . . .

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In the News

Faculty Senate Launches ROTC Exploration

with William J. Perryvia Stanford Review
Thursday, March 4, 2010

At the Faculty Senate meeting on March 4th, Professors William Perry and David Kennedy presented a report on the merits of bringing Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) back to Stanford. . . .

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Analysis and Commentary

Iraq’s Political Miracle

by Tunku Varadarajan with Fouad Ajamivia Daily Beast
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The critics will escalate their grumbling ahead of Sunday’s vote, and there will be more violence. . . .

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Analysis and Commentary

Another Step Forward for Iraq

by Fouad Ajamivia Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Forgive Vice President Joe Biden the audacity of claiming last month on CNN's "Larry King Live" that Iraq is destined to be "one of the great achievements of this administration." . . .

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Analysis and Commentary

Crisis in Turkey

by Daniel Pipesvia National Review
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

What happens next will have major implications for Muslims everywhere. . . .

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In the News

Who Poses the Greater Threat?

with Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Bill Gates is the world's richest person, but what kind of power does he have over you? . . .

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In the News

The Beichman Library Closes

with Arnold Beichmanvia American Spectator
Monday, March 1, 2010

Some 2,000 years ago, the great Ancient Library in Alexandria, Egypt burnt to the ground, taking with it a vast reservoir of irreplaceable information, subsequently reduced to ashes, lost to history, and leaving the rest of us groping in ignorance at many questions we've ever since scrambled in vain to piece back together. . . .

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Analysis and Commentary

Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism into Philosophy

by Tod Lindbergvia Commentary
Monday, March 1, 2010

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) ranks at or near the top of lists of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, thanks especially to his magnum opus, Being and Time, published in Germany in 1927. . . .

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