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In 2000, while working in the rare books collection of Mexico’s National Library, I encountered something that caught me off guard. As I flipped through the card catalogue of the Fondo Reservado, I noticed a remarkable increase in commemorative sermons printed during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. Printers in New Spain produced […]
Read MoreA society’s true measure of success is its capacity to deal with failure. In the mid–seventeenth century, this is just what we can observe in the city of Amsterdam, at the time one of the world’s prime commercial hubs. In the early modern Dutch Republic, a set of legal, cultural, and institutional innovations resulted in […]
Read MoreAt a moment when many Americans fear the rise of a zealous, sometimes racist, form of populism, when the “bonds of affection” between citizens have demonstrably frayed, and a version of authoritarianism has emerged in Washington, an unsettling question has arisen: should a reasonable person leave the United States? Interestingly, the question is not a […]
Read MoreWhen is a bullet too deadly to use? When it is banned in the law of war. But why, in a world of deeply violent weapons, would a bullet be considered too violent when these others are not? Entitled The Dum-Dum Bullet: A Lethal History, my new book narrates the history of small arms ammunitions […]
Read MoreWhether it’s the recent Ebola crisis in Africa or the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and war in Ukraine, the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent (IFRC) is there, alongside the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The symbol of the Red Cross is […]
Read MoreThe United States entered World War II ill-prepared. This was typical—to avoid preparing for war until it occurred. At that point, herculean efforts were exerted, industry and resources were mobilized, huge sums appropriated, and an overwhelming military juggernaut was built, trained, and deployed. It would take time, but the country’s latent power would ensure success—eventually. […]
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Economic growth transformed human society, freeing us from a world where nearly everyone was mired in poverty and half of all kids died before adulthood. Life before growth remained tough even for the survivors of childhood disease. The only exception were the select few rich enough to employ servants. Everyone else had to haul water […]
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This year marks the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. Few documents in world history have been as extensively studied and analyzed, and it is fair to ask if there is anything new to be said about the Declaration. There certainly is. Much of the scholarly and popular writing on the Declaration has […]
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