We often trip over historical analogies when trying to interpret the present. But the French writer offered a different way of thinking about time.
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Alistair Horne’s book reminds us that political violence thrives on the exclusion of moderates — to everyone’s detriment.
It’s 2019, kids. There’s something in the air. What is that smell? Lemon balm? Hope? Silica particles from […]
On August 23rd, 1939, as war between France and Germany loomed, a French soldier named Daniel Barlone confided […]
What follows is an excerpt from Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities and Pop Music, 1958-1980, the new book by […]
Historians have always had a tough time writing about media. The danger of technological determinism tends to loom […]