Review of Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 and Stalin: Waiting for Hitler: 1929-1941, by Stephen Kotkin 

Over a lifetime, one can only achieve a very selective understanding of history. No matter...

In my research on the Iraq War, I have been looking for information on what American officials knew about the country they were about to invade. In 2006, the press reported on what I found to be a remarkable claim. As of January 2003, two months befo...