The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.

When Donald Trump took the oath of office once again, it was the last time he’d be able to do so under the country’s ...

Plus Edward Ashton’s “The Fourth Consort” and Daryl Gregory’s “When We Were Real.” ...

Riccardo Muti’s mercurial approach to his great compatriot’s Requiem was exciting at first, but it proved increasingly ...

As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.

The lessons to learn are: avoid war, and the drum-beating that precedes it. And avoid technocratic utopian groupthink; avoid ideologies masquerading as science. The Nazi Hunger Plan was devised by an ...

Germany has confronted its past courageously, though its stance on Palestine is a stain. At the same time, India’s embrace of diversity remains inspiring.

The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.

In the March 27 edition of The New York Review of Books, Neal Ascherson writes about a recent book by Richard J. Evans titled ...