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Why the UN was in trouble from the start

Why a 200-year-old decoration offers evidence in the controversy surrounding the Hiroshima bombing.

Why a 200-year-old decoration offers evidence in the controversy surrounding the Hiroshima bombing.

The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee explains why it has always frustrated Presidents—and why it doesn’t have to

I have occasionally been referred to as “Senator No,” and I’m proud of the title. But when it comes to saying no, I’m not even in the same ballpark with the first North Carolinian to serve as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Nathaniel Ma¡on.

It was born of a slew of compromises—which may be the secret of its survival in a vastly changed world

Sometimes historical changes march onstage to the sound of trumpet fanfares. And sometimes they arrive with what seems remarkably little notice by a distracted audience.

The “conversion” of Arthur Vandenberg, told by a former Secretary of State, his sometime adversary but also his friend

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