In a nuclear standoff with North Korea more than two decades ago — long before the reclusive government had atomic weapons that could threaten America — U.S. officials planned for war.

Remembering Pearl Harbor on the seventy-sixth anniversary and the lessons learned from World War II’s successes and failures and how they apply to current world tensions.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses his new book The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won, as well as other questions about World War II.

Last week marks the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China. The historic mutual defense treaty, signed on December 2, 1954 in Washington, provided an ironclad guarantee to keep Taiwan from being invaded by the People’s Republic of China between 1955 and 1979. Since President Jimmy Carter unilaterally terminated the vital treaty on January 1, 1979, Taiwan has been subjected to constant threats of invasion by the communist government in Beijing, as the subsequent Taiwan Relations Act does not guarantee direct military assistance to Taiwan if China invades the island democracy.