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‘Educating the Natives’

‘Educating the Natives’

In his latest novel, the American writer and film director John Sayles examines the treatment of the Native Americans in the late 19th, and early 20th centuries, as young Indians were ‘civilised.’
John Sayles

‘Educating the Natives’ Like most Americans, my initial and only knowledge of the Carlisle Indian School was in relation to Jim Thorpe, the star football player and Olympic athlete who was a student there in the early 1900s. I did a report in class on a young-adult...

Forgotten History

Forgotten History

Michael Admiraal reflects on wartime atrocities and technological advancement during a visit to Peenemünde.
Michael Admiraal

When discussing concentration camp Dora-Mittelbau in my latest book Along the Roads to Hell, I mentioned the Heeresversuchsanstalt (HVA) Peenemünde. Peenemünde is situated on the north-west corner of the German island Usedom in the Baltic Sea, close to the Polish...

LBJ’s Flawed Plan

LBJ’s Flawed Plan

The American strategy in Vietnam was destined to failure from the start, so argues the author of a new military history of the war.
Goeffrey Wawro

LBJ’s Flawed Plan When President Johnson weighed sending American troops, aircraft, and ships to Vietnam in 1965, Korea was foremost in his mind. The Korean War had sunk the Truman presidency, and President Eisenhower had ended that war only by threatening to use...

James Dunford Wood

James Dunford Wood

James Dunford Wood began working life as an art history tour guide taking specialist groups around Europe, China and Central Asia. During this time, he developed an enduring fascination with the stories of lesser known destinations and off-the-beaten track communities.
James Dunford Wood

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