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Insight Video: Men such as Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler and Mao could one day reappear, but in a different form. Their shared traits serve as warning signs for us today.

A brief look at Mexico City’s history helps explain the modern city’s water troubles.

Insight Video: The 20^th-century Age of the Dictators is over, but that doesn’t mean it can’t come back in a different form.

Politicians often promise change, yet they seldom deliver. Still, we keep hoping that next time will be different. It’s a vain hope, and here’s why.

Insight Video: Why has no nation, until now, been willing to declare Jerusalem the capital of the modern state of Israel? A brief look at history provides the answer.

Insight Video: What do modern Zionism and the Christian evangelical movement have to do with the Six-Day War of 1967? And why does it matter?

Insight Video: The 1967 war between Arabs and Israelis lasted only six days, but its effects have reverberated ever since and have affected us all in various ways.

Fifty years after one of the shortest wars in history, the world feels its far-reaching effects more than ever.

Understanding China’s current place in the world requires looking at the nation through a non-Western lens.

Three historians undertake a careful review of one of the world’s ancient empires, encouraging readers to take another look at long-accepted facts and interpretations.

A look back over two thousand years of nearly continuous warfare suggests that violent conflict is inevitable in the human sphere.

Why are laurel wreath crowns so often associated with history’s conquering heroes?

The 16^th president of the United States was one of the nation’s most illustrious, respected and steadfast leaders. Yet in key areas, his views evolved greatly over the course of his life.

Abraham Lincoln hoped the American Civil War would result in lasting peace. What caused that devastating conflict? Can peace ever be achieved in this world?

Insight Video: From humble origins Napoleon Bonaparte, the “Little Corporal,” had become a neo-Roman ruler in the style of Julius Caesar. Just how did he do it?

Insight Video: The violence of Mao Zedong’s rule in 20^th-century China remains unsurpassed in modern history. Why and how do false messiahs continue to haunt the world?

Insight Video: From ancient Babylon and Rome to Berlin and Beijing, false messiahs are part of world history. What can we learn from them? How might we recognize the next ones?

H.G. Wells is remembered primarily for his science-fiction works, but he also coined a phrase that for a century has been linked with World War I. As the world marks the centennial of that war’s fateful beginning, we ask: Can a war end all war?

Today, as the world marks the 100-year anniversary of the conflict’s fateful beginning, World War I continues to be fertile ground for authors. Vision reviews three new books on the subject.