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At the end of the Cold War, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed ...

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Linda Colley is Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Her latest book is The Gun, the Ship and ...

At dawn on March 27th, 1941, white flags of surrender fluttered on the summit of Mount Sanchil, more than 6,000 feet above sea-level and the highest feature of the natural fortress of mountains ...

The Act of Uniformity passed by the House of Lords on January 15th, 1549, abolished the Latin mass in England. Prayers in English had already been included in the Latin services, and complete English ...