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WWI: spirit of violence and hysteria
The malaise of the First World War. Even staunch humanists like Thomas Mann were caught up in the jingoistic fever, the pomp and ritual of nihilism. In 1914 he asked, “Is not war a purification, a liberation, an enormous hope?” … Continue reading
secret agent cult: balzac undercover
…It was Balzac finally, who put his unerring finger on one of the basic motivations of the secret agent in every age, one of the essential sources of his imaginative appeal: “The trade of a spy is a very fine … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Pinkerton, Balzac, Honore de Balzac, James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper The Spy, John Lukacs, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Roger Caillois literary sociologist, Rose Greenhow spy, Wilhelm Stieber
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cold war: its not over till’ its over
What exactly was the Cold War? Why? And is it really over even now? These are fascinating questions that have been posed and answered by historians, revisionists, and just plain citizens for the past fifty years… …Thus the world may … Continue reading
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Tagged Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Kathryn Bigelow, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, osama bin laden, Pentagon budget, Prince Mohammad bin Naif, Sino-American relations, The Cold War, Zero Dark Thirty movie
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cold war: souls on ice
…At the Teheran Conference of 1943, the Soviet union, Britain and the United States had agreed to guarantee the postwar independence and territorial integrity of Iran. However, the Soviet union, angered by the refusal of the Iranian government to grant … Continue reading
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Tagged American Selective Service Act, Churchill Fulton speech, Gar Alperovitz, George C. Marshall, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, James F. Byrnes Secretary of State, John Lukacs, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Potsdam Conference, Teheran Conference 1943, The Cold War
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cold war: lend or lease?
The Cold War. What was it? Who started it? Could it have been averted?… …Their mistrust of America was further sharpened right after the Japanese offered unconditional surrender on August 14,1945: a week later, President Truman officially terminated the Lend-Lease … Continue reading
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Tagged Averill Harriman, Bernard Lewis historian, Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Lend-Lease Act, Madame Pickwick, Potsdam Conference, President Truman, Soviet Aggression Finland 1939-40, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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cold war: peace on ice good riddance towards all
…The Potsdam Conference lasted from July 17 to August 2, 1945- just a few days before the end of World War II. The final bloody pages of the war were written on August 6 and 9, when mushroom clouds rose … Continue reading
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Tagged Atomic Bomb Hiroshima, Clement Atlee Labor party, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Konrad Adenauer, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Potsdam Conference, The Cold War, Willy Brandt Berlin mayor
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cold and chilly: before the deep freeze
What exactly was the Cold War? Who started it and could it have been averted?… …In that early Cold War summer of 1946, with the Greek government embattled and near economic collapse, the British began to consult with American officials, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Airlift 1948, Berlin Airlift 1949, Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk, Gar Alperovitz, Greek Civil War 1946, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Operation Vittles Berlin, President Truman, Secretary Byrnes America, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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the future: hunting for causes
It was one of Lenin’s more inspired insights that history always has the capacity to surprise. He was thinking mainly of political revolution, for as a revolutionary he had to be optimistic and hopeful in the darkest times in order … Continue reading
terror: therapeutic or not
…Of course, certain trends of modern society and certain currents of modern thought have contributed more directly than others to shaping the patterns of modern terrorism. Frantz Fanon’s concept of therapeutic violence- aggravated by Sartre’s embroideries on the theme, as … Continue reading
A is for ….
Is every man a free agent whose moral decisions are autonomous? Historically, we’ve been on shaky ground, more of a landslide really when our eggs have been in the humanism basket, a faith in an innate quality that would ensure … Continue reading
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