To understand our times and the hollowed-out center of world order where proud Europe used to be, look into Gregor Dallas’s masterful books on how three cataclysmic wars ended in 1815, 1918, and 1945, advises Bill Moloney
Daniel Webster the champion of Union, John Calhoun the firebrand Southerner, and Henry Clay the Great Compromiser, together personifying America’s antebellum struggle with itself, come to life in a new triple biography, rejoices contributor Bill Moloney.
One hundred years ago this Sunday, World War I came to an end — but its horrific toll of death and destruction has continued to cast a dark shadow over the ensuing century, writes Bill Moloney
In charting a course in foreign policy, President Trump might benefit from Walter Russell Mead’s analysis of the Jacksonian-Wilsonian fault line and the Truman-Vandenberg collaboration, writes contributor Bill Moloney.
Bill Moloney reflects on politics and history through the lens of Queen Victoria's three greatest prime ministers, with John Andrews adding a sweepstakes for America's greatest presidents.