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Note: This episode was recorded hours before President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
Over the decades and in the face o…
11 months, 1 week ago
HAIH at the U.S. Army War College, Part 2
This episode of History As It Happens was recorded on location at the U.S. Army War College and the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, P…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
HAIH at the U.S. Army War College, Part 1
This episode of History As It Happens was recorded on location at the U.S. Army War College and the Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, P…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Nayib Bukele and the Death of El Salvador's Democracy
Twelve years ago, few outside Latin America knew of Nayib Bukele, then the young mayor of a small town outside San Salvador. Today, the media-savvy B…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Palestinians' Economic Catastrophe
When tracing the origins of today's war and devastation in Gaza, it may be easy to overlook economic inequality in favor of political or ideological …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
D-Day in Film
Can movies mirror the reality of war? Should war movies be entertaining or horrifying? Today is June 6, the anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy i…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
Trump administration officials say they're considering doing something that's only been done four times in U.S. history: suspend the writ of habeas c…
1 year ago
Presidential Peacemakers
Since Theodore Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for helping end the Russo-Japanese War, American presidents have sought to mediate the end of confli…
1 year ago
The Ideas Behind Trump 2.0
The theories of unrestrained executive power guiding the Trump administration's assault on the administrative state and its attitude toward the feder…
1 year ago
What is Chinese Communism?
China is ruled by a Communist Party of 100 million members, a giant pyramid with President Xi Jinping and the Politburo at the top. Yet its economy, …
1 year ago