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The Protocol of the Wannsee Conference
A key historical document of the Nazi Holocaust
Jun 17
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Kyle Orton
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The First Shark Attack
A brief history of European-shark relations
May 17
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Kyle Orton
6
6
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Seymour Hersh Didn’t Change
Film Review: ‘Cover-Up’ (2025)
May 8
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Kyle Orton
14
9
The Tsardom and the Jews
Antisemitism was not an official policy of the Russian Imperial government
Apr 29
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Kyle Orton
8
7
4
The Difference Between “Religion” and Islam
Some notes on the definition of ‘Deen’ and secularism in the Islamic world
Apr 26
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Kyle Orton
16
11
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Armenians and Academia
How scholarly consensus is made and what to make of it.
Apr 9
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Kyle Orton
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2
5
The Armenian Revolutionary Movement in the Ottoman Empire Up to 1915
The story of one of the first “national liberation” movements
Mar 31
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Kyle Orton
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Mostafa Chamran and the Other Islamic Revolution Network in Lebanon
Palestinians were not Ayatollah Khomeini’s only allies in Lebanon.
Mar 20
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Kyle Orton
6
2
2
Gavriil Korganov, Russia, and the Ottoman-Armenians
A Great War memoir of exploits daring, dangerous, and ultimately tragic
Mar 3
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Kyle Orton
7
2
The Russian “Whites” Were Not Monarchists
The anti-Bolshevik forces fought to let Russians choose their government, not to restore the Tsar.
Feb 12
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Kyle Orton
3
3
The Internal Politics of the Islamic Revolution Behind the Seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Iran
Khomeini’s problem was that U.S.-Iranian relations were improving
Jan 26
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Kyle Orton
6
3
The Palestinian Matrix of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
The consequences of 1979 are with us still.
Jan 19
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Kyle Orton
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