Beyond

A new book argues that Irish famine philanthropy “went viral” in the nineteenth century because relief has been, and continues to be, politically potent.

Its agents are often depicted as malevolent puppet masters—or as bumbling idiots. The truth is even less comforting.

Éamon de Valera was accused of attempting an armed uprising against the government. Then he made a daring jailbreak, and later became president of Ireland.

Moscow and Washington trapped themselves in a cycle of fear over Iran.

The warnings in Cold War history.

Following Napoleon’s fall, international secret societies emerged promoting dissent from absolutist forms of power and sharing ideologies and iconographies.

American empire, bananas, and the Crescent City.

Detaining migrants is pointless. American history proves it.

When he reflected on the consequences of empire, Conrad saw no logic or teleology. He saw mayhem. There is no surety in "Heart of Darkness."

The many strategies foreign governments have used to shape American policy in their favor.

Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day.

Researching the Sandinista Revolution from Nicaraguans’ perspective.

Meir Kahane's legacy in Israel and America.

On revisiting the anti-imperialism of the 1960s and ’70s amid the return of left internationalism.

Pope Francis is the only world leader who seems prepared to denounce war.

It wasn’t really Jews or Palestinians. It was the U.S. Congress, which closed American borders 100 years ago this month.

Today's pro-Palestinian activists are utilizing anti-apartheid tactics from thirty years ago.

How the ANC went from an organization whose role in the struggle was hotly debated, to being widely hailed as the heir to the international anti-apartheid movement.

A second-generation immigrant, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to receive her pilot's license.

The U.S. purposefully infected thousands of Guatemalans with sexually-transmitted diseases in the 40s and 50s. Their grandchildren still carry the trauma.

Japanese were interested when Oppenheimer visited Japan as an honored guest in 1960. Will they be also interested in the Nolan film released today in Japan?

A conspiracy theory among New England Federalists led some to contemplate separating from the U.S. during the War of 1812.

Minstrel shows were an American invention, but they also found success in the United Kingdom, where audiences were negotiating their relationships with empire.

How the Nazi government used exchange student programs to foster sympathy for Nazism in the United States.

Jewish suffering at the hands of Nazis are the foundation on which most descriptions of extreme ideology and atrocity have been built.

The UN’s failure to dismantle the colonial order foreclosed the application of the Genocide Convention to Israel, South Africa, and the United States.

Korean fried chicken has a savory story to tell about wartime culture and the Korean diaspora.

U.S.-funded social networks were launched in 2010 with ZunZuneo and Piramideo in 2013.

Age of Revolutions was happy to interview Nathan Perl-Rosenthal about his new book, entitled 'The Age of Revolutions and the Generations Who Made It.'

Best remembered as the partner of Indian revolutionary M. N. Roy, Evelyn Trent was an anti-colonial feminist who helped initiate India’s communist movement.