Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them

What’s behind our obsession with World War 2?

Guilt by association grips Australia

In praise of delectably dark escapism

After a humiliating defeat in the war over Israel, the Egyptians wanted revenge

David Kertzer unearths dramatic evidence from recently-released Vatican files

Defending the faiths and population Ponzi schemes

Virtuosity amidst violence

The lost sounds of a German Jewish composer

Russia’s murderous tactics to “de-Nazify” Ukraine have made its military leaders doppelgängers for the senior officers who executed Hitler’s evil plans