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Hitler: Ascent, 1889–1939

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Volker Ullrich Translated from the German by Jefferson Chase As the son of a WW II veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, I grew up hearing stories from my Dad about his personal experiences in the war. Later, in high school, I read ...

The Warmth of Other Suns

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They made the crossing at the border city of Washington, D.C., where they took their pictures to verify they were free from the “man-made pestilence of the Southern caste system.”  On the railroad lines delivering them to their destinations—Chicago, ...

The Longest War

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Consider 9/11 and the Arab Spring of 2011 as opposing bookends to a decade of repression, fear, and fetishized violence. 9/11—the worst terrorist attack on United States soil—killed nearly 3,000 people, and the United States faced unprecedented ...

Music and the Armenian Diaspora

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Big Band music saved my sanity during an especially stressful time in my life. I was working long hours, seven days a week, on a high-stakes project. I actually liked working in my office on weekends, because I could work undisturbed, but after a ...