Political History and Theory

268 results

The 1940 Destroyers-for-Bases Deal and the Expansion of Presidential Power
September 2, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1814 British Sack of Washington
August 24, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1916 Black Tom Explosion in Jersey City
July 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
34:16Podcast
Lessons From 250 Years of U.S. Foreign Policy, With Robert Kagan
June 30, 2026
The Pacificus-Helvidius Debate Between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
June 29, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
President Harry Truman’s 1950 Decision to Intervene in Korea
June 27, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Senate Approves the 1795 Jay Treaty
June 24, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Herbert Hoover Signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
June 17, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
John F. Kennedy’s “Strategy of Peace” Speech and the Push to Limit Nuclear Weapons
June 10, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
FDR’s “Stab-in-the-Back” Speech
June 10, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Announcement of the Marshall Plan
June 5, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
40:21Podcast
America at 250: The Marshall Plan, With Benn Steil
June 2, 2026
The Lessons of the Fall of Saigon
April 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
32:36Podcast
How to Build an American Foreign Policy, With Michael Mandelbaum
April 28, 2026
The U.S. Invasion of Veracruz, Mexico
April 21, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Tampico Incident and the U.S. Invasion of Veracruz
April 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Woodrow Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War on Germany
April 2, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Alaska Purchase
March 29, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Operation Iraqi Freedom
March 19, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1978 Panama Canal Treaties
March 16, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
31:45Podcast
America at 250: The Lend-Lease Act, With Lynne Olson
March 10, 2026
The Lend-Lease Act
March 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Pancho Villa’s New Mexico Raid and the Punitive Expedition Into Mexico
March 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay