IT may safely be assumed that the early history of Prussia is known to the great majority of English readers only from the first four books of Carlyle’s Frederic the Great. So powerful was the ...

“Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia” by Max Egremont (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 359 pages, $28) Try to imagine that you have just survived a terrible war, and now that the war ...

In this video I briefly discuss the colonization history of the territories that would eventually constitute the Kingdom of ...

The Iron Cross is one of the most widely recognised military decorations throughout the world. The story behind its origins ...

In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has raised concerns among commentators and academics that the U.S. could face a constitutional crisis. Trump has issued numerous ...

What’s your favorite color? Probably blue, right? Everyone like it–five of Pantone’s last 11 colors of the year have been shades of blue, including this year’s pick, turquoise. A Cambridge ...