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Can the WTO Be Both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Joseph Michael Finger, who wrote the introduction to Robert Hudec's classic Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System, discusses how the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) tears developing countries apart—with a unique comparison to Robert Louis Stevenson.

Joseph Michael Finger | 15 Aug 2014

Google, Facebook and Surveillance

Paul Bernal, the author of Internet Privacy Rights, breaks down the brave new world of the right to privacy in an online age. Google and Facebook have put our Internet privacy concerns front and center—but is there a solution in sight?

Paul Bernal | 14 Aug 2014

Europe, 1914: A Puzzle

Before the conflict of World War I and the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, Europe was a very different place. Can you solve the puzzle below to assemble a map of Europe in 1914? Look out for the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, and good luck finding Poland!

13 Aug 2014

What Does Plato Have To Do With It?

Join the conversation: James Seaton, the author of Literary Criticism from Plato to Postmodernism outlines the debate on today's literary criticism and what approach we should take to discussing the literature of the past.

James Seaton | 12 Aug 2014

Into the Intro: The Great War at Sea

Submarine warfare was crucial to Allied victory in World War I. In this excerpt from The Great War at Sea, Lawrence Sondhaus unveils the Great War beyond the trenches.

11 Aug 2014

Preserving World War I in Words

Rosalind Grooms pulls An Outline History of the Great War out of the Press Archive and tells the fascinating story behind it.

Rosalind Grooms | 8 Aug 2014

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Shoot the Moon

It’s not too late to submit! Hurry—our summer astrophotography contest closes in three weeks. You could win $125 worth of Cambridge astronomy books of your choice. Whether you’re an experienced...

7 Aug 2014

Recipes from the Homefront

"Food Will Win the War!" the U.S. Food Administration proclaimed. Instructing the folks at home to cut back on their wheat and meat intake meant more food to fuel the soldiers overseas. But how to make it through those Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays before 1920? Take a stab at these recipes for the experience of WWI at home.

6 Aug 2014

The Race Laws After 75 Years

Michael A. Livingston, the author of The Fascists and the Jews of Italy, draws parallels between Mussolini's Italian Race Laws and sentiment about immigration through the ages—from the Jim Crow American South to today's Europe.

Michael A. Livingston | 5 Aug 2014

Into the Intro: Behind the Front

If you enjoyed Craig Gibson's post last Monday on researching life in the trenches in WWI, take a look at the introduction to his book, Behind the Front, and get the full story about Major Arthur Murray Jarvis.

Craig Gibson | 4 Aug 2014

War Short of War

The author of The United States, Italy and the Origins of Cold War: Waging Political Warfare discusses how the case of Italy in the early years of the cold war helped set the stage for over half a century of U.S. interventions abroad.

1 Aug 2014

Genre and Periodization in the History of European Political Thought

Tyler Lange, the author of The First French Reformation, traces European political thought through the 15th to 17th centuries in search of continuity.

Tyler Lange | 31 Jul 2014