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Numerous first-century Roman emperors were enamored with divinity.

Manipulation of religious fervor is an important element in the rise and rule of dictators such as Mao Zedong, Pol Pot and Kim Il-sung.

Mao received the Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in Beijing in June 1975 to congratulate him on installing radical communism in one fell swoop.

Kim Il-sung of North Korea created his own postcommunist Juche ideology of self-reliance, perpetuating a personality cult and savior dynasty.

Confronted with the evidence of the inhumanity of slavery, William Wilberforce’s hope was to abolish it throughout the British Empire.

On the heels of R.J.B. Bosworth's latest volume on Benito Mussolini, Il Duce's youngest son Romano offers new, albeit revisionist insights into his father’s life.

Vision reviews two books by R.J.B. Bosworth on Benito Mussolini and life in Italy under his dictatorship.  

Napoleon’s Imperial Catechism as issued by the emperor in 1806.

Vision Publisher David Hulme, together with three historians and a filmmaker, continue their roundtable talk on Hitler, the Holocaust and human nature.

Vision publisher David Hulme talks with three historians and a filmmaker about the Holocaust. How could it have occurred, and could it ever happen again?

The dropping of an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945, forced the world to the threshold of a new era. But how much has really changed?

Yoshitaka Kawamoto recounts, firsthand, the events of August 6, 1945. He was 13 years old when the first A-bomb fell near his school in Hiroshima.

As the world recalls the end of World War II, Vision examines Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, the unprecedented cruelty he unleashed, and the lessons to be remembered.

Part Two: A look at Jerusalem’s centrality to geopolitics from the period of the Reformation to the modern era.

Part One in a two-part series examining the city’s historic place in world politics and religion.

What is the basis of Arab and Palestinianan claims to Jerusalem?

Who are the members of the Trio and the Quartet on the Middle East? What is their role in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

The Wright brothers harnessed the laws of aerodynamics in the first sustained powered flight. Their story illustrates a more compelling challenge.

One of the great women archaeologists of the 20^th century, Kathleen Kenyon will be greatly remembered for her substantial contributions to the field.