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Ex-Trump Adviser McMaster To Join Stanford University’s Hoover Institution

featuring H. R. McMastervia Wall Street Journal
Sunday, July 1, 2018

Pushed out of White House in April, McMaster heads to Hoover Institution to develop bipartisan national security ideas.

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'The Hello Girls' Tells The Story Of Telephone Operators On The Frontlines Of WWI

featuring Elizabeth Cobbsvia WUWM
Thursday, June 28, 2018
As we approach the centennial anniversary of Armistice Day, there has been a growing conversation about the impact the first World War had on the U.S. and the world as a whole. Now celebrated as Veterans Day, the war famously ended at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1918.
Interviews

Samuel Tadros: Sam And Ammar. A Special Episode In The Holocaust Museum

interview with Samuel Tadrosvia Alhurra
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Hoover Institution fellow Samuel Tadros discusses the Holocaust: explaining what happened and exploring the Arab's relationship to it from collaboration to saving Jews to protecting Nazi war criminals, and from denial to celebration, to accusations of exploitation and comparisons.
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Area 45: Tom Gilligan On Ideas Defining A Free Society

interview with Thomas W. Gilliganvia Matters of Policy & Politics
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

The quintessential economic and political conditions for freedom to flourish.

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Joseph Stalin: Waiting For Hitler

interview with Stephen Kotkinvia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, June 25, 2018

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Part 2: How Joseph Stalin engineered the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Hitler and his struggle with disinformation leading up to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. 

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The Libertarian: North Korea And Trump’s Foreign Policy

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Friday, June 15, 2018

Was the summit with Kim Jong-un a diplomatic breakthrough or a fool’s errand?

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Area 45: The 2018 Summit Featuring President Trump And Kim Jong-Un

interview with Michael R. Auslinvia Matters of Policy & Politics
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The summit in Singapore was, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, not the end of isolation. But it is, perhaps, the beginning of a new relationship with North Korea, the US, and the world.

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Why Does Joseph Stalin Matter?

interview with Stephen Kotkinvia Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, June 7, 2018

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How Stalin transformed the USSR in profound and enduring ways.
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Why Does Joseph Stalin Matter?

interview with Stephen Kotkinvia Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, June 7, 2018

Part 1: How Stalin transformed the USSR in profound and enduring ways.

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Menter: Five Bloody Beaches

quoting Victor Davis Hansonvia Aspen Daily News
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Can you name them, the five beaches of the D-Day invasion? Their code names were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. 

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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.