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by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Lee Ohanianvia Wall Street Journal
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928
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by Stephen Kotkinvia Penguin Press
War: In History’s Shadow
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A Century On, the First World War is Still Being Played Out
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Four Things We Get Wrong About World War I
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Statues of Limitation

by Markos Kounalakisvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 26, 2018

How do the countries of the former Iron Curtain deal with their inconvenient monuments? Sometimes by painting a tank pink, or swapping a Stalin for a Steve Jobs. 

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From Sparta to Saddam

by Barry Straussvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 26, 2018

Nations that abandon diplomacy enter a realm of violence and confusion.

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No Shortage of Quagmires

by Williamson Murrayvia Hoover Digest
Friday, January 26, 2018

Seizing the military initiative can lead to success, as history confirms, but only if the party that seizes the initiative is fully prepared to exploit it. Few are. 

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The Classicist with Victor Davis Hanson:
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The Classicist: DACA, DREAMers, And Immigration

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Thursday, January 18, 2018

The vital considerations that most immigration debates overlook.

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The Classicist: Tribal America Vs. E Pluribus Unum

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Classicist
Thursday, January 18, 2018

Recorded on December 18, 2017

How identity politics threatens to blow apart the American experiment.

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Area 45: Iran On The Brink? With Abbas Milani

interview with Abbas Milanivia Area 45
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Is the current unrest in Iran a flash in the pan or a sign that the repressive theocracy is coming to an end?

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Hammer, Sickle, and Soil: The Soviet Drive to Collectivize Agriculture
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Hammer, Sickle, And Soil: The Soviet Drive To Collectivize Agriculture By Jonathan Daly

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

This book contains reproductions of more than sixty Soviet propaganda posters from the 1920s and 1930s, selected from a large collection at the Hoover Institution in Stanford, California.

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Victor Davis Hanson On The Seth And Chris Show

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia The Seth and Chris Show
Monday, January 8, 2018

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses Michael Wolff's book on President Trump, as well as his own book, The Second World Wars.

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In Praise Of Hierarchy

by Niall Fergusonvia Wall Street Journal
Friday, January 5, 2018

Established, traditional order is under assault from freewheeling, networked disrupters as never before. But society craves centralized leadership, too.

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For India, ‘Our Time Has Come’

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

In the not-too-distant future, India could have a $10 trillion economy, the world’s third largest military and the world’s largest middle class. Tunku Varadarajan reviews ‘Our Time Has Come’ by Alyssa Ayres.

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