Enemy Aliens
The history of civilian internment camps.
The history of civilian internment camps.
Andrea Pitzer Lapham's Quarterly Dec 2014 15min Permalink
A patriotic parade, a bloody brawl, and the origins of U.S. law enforcement’s war on the political left.
Bill Donahue The Atavist Magazine Aug 2020 40min Permalink
How one of the world’s top conductors became ensnared in a WWI-era scandal.
Neil Swidey Boston Globe Nov 2017 40min Permalink
Gregg Bemis is an 87-year-old retired venture capitalist who owns the salvage rights to the Lusitania. He’s determined to prove an alternate theory as to why the ship was attacked in 1915. Unfortunately, the Irish government isn’t so into his plan.
Richard B. Stolley Fortune May 2015 15min Permalink
Revisiting the street corner where Franz Ferdinand was shot.
Simon Kuper Financial Times Mar 2014 15min Permalink
On the echoes between the world leading up to World War I and our present international trajectory. Then, as globalization, nationalism, and radicalism converged, and tensions within the Balkans served as a spark. Today, conflicts in the Middle East, whose borders were mostly drawn in the wake of World War I, could play a similar role.
Margaret MacMillan Brookings Dec 2013 Permalink