The Nazis’ War on a Vagrant Language
A review of The Language of Thieves: My Family’s Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate, by Martin Puchner.
When Piracy Threatened to Destroy the East India Company
A new book tells the story of the 17th-century clash between the pirate Henry Every and the world’s most extraordinary global corporation.
A Disquieting Look at the History of Nuclear-War Gaming
The Bomb unravels the history of bureaucratic infighting over nuclear weapons.
