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  • The Lessons of the Afghanistan Papers

    Americans need leaders who can tell them how and when they will decide to pull the plug.

    Tamara Cofman Wittes and Kevin HuggardDecember 17, 2019
    Members of the U.S. military walk through an opium poppy field in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2011. Nearly a decade into the war in Afghanistan, opium poppies are still the major crop for many farmers and a big source of income for the Taliban despite expensive efforts to stamp out cultivation.
  • Recent Studies in American History
    June 1896 Issue
  • Natalie Maisie and Pavilastukay
    Elizabeth DrewAugust 1942 Issue
  • The Descent of Woman
    Phoebe Lou AdamsJune 1972 Issue
  • The Books Briefing: Looking Back on Moving Forward

    Historical texts on black progress: Your weekly guide to the best in books

    Myles PoydrasDecember 6, 2019
  • R. E. Lee, Vols. Iii and Iv
    James P. BaxterApril 1935 Issue
  • Rome
    June 1947 Issue
  • Why Is America Afraid of Black History?

    No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.

    Lonnie G. Bunch IIIDecember 2023 Issue
    detail of illustration with photo portrait of 19th-century Black woman inside ornate gilt and wood frame with part of a marriage certificate as her dress
  • Duty, Honor, Empire
    Phoebe Lou AdamsAugust 1970 Issue
  • How Japan's Disaster Could Reinforce the Global Recovery
    Derek ThompsonMarch 24, 2011
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