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North Korea is fanatically hermitical, and the ruling Dynasty seems extremely guarded about their true past. Yet a dedicated and …
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History Worth Collecting
What true bibliophile or history lover has not coveted the complete set of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of …
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A Rage Against the Dying of the Light?
One of the most courageous journalists to ever grace Italy, Oriana Fallaci, wrote an extremely provocative book about Islamofascism in …
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Who was Mohammed?
Reading the Quran and the Hadith which influence interpretations of Islam can be a difficult exercise – and not enough …
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Transports of History
“Amateur” historians are often no such thing, but are faithful chroniclers who work for the love of something particular. In …
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Stabbed by Socrates: Why the West Prevails
As the furor over a dozen Danish cartoons kindles righteous anger in the Muslim world, Westerner bloggers compose satirical ditties. …
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Confessions of an Innocent Man
Reading William Sampson’s Confessions of an Innocent Man: Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison (McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2005) …
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A Writer at War
Another unusual contribution to military and social history comes from the editing work of Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova: A …
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Propaganda
Old classics should never be neglected and the shelves of a serious student of terrorism should hold them. The Institute …
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Mud, Blood and Poppycock
As we roll into the 90th anniversaries of the giant battles of the First World War, there is a re-think …