Political History and Theory

279 results

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 President’s Inbox
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 President’s Inbox
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
The First U.S. Combat Troops Arrive in South Vietnam
March 8, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Robert M. La Follette and the “Willful Men” Who Defied Woodrow Wilson on the Eve of World War I
March 4, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Expert Take
Midterm Elections Are Eight Months Away
March 3, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Meeting
Young Professionals Briefing Series: The Best and Worst Decisions in U.S. Foreign Policy
March 2, 2026
The Zimmermann Telegram and the U.S. Entry Into World War I
March 1, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Bricker Amendment
February 26, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
John Foster Dulles
February 25, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Ten Facts About the State of the Union Address
February 23, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
34:53Podcast
America at 250: Nixon Goes to China, With Jeremi Suri
February 17, 2026
The President’s Inbox
A Presidents’ Day Quiz
February 16, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Remember the Maine!
February 15, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Celebrating Presidents’ Day
February 13, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
How a Stolen Letter Helped Trigger the Spanish-American War
February 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay