Photo Finish: The Closest Race You've Never Heard Of

What the 3,773 Votes that Decided the 1916 Election Can Tell Us Today

Oct 24, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

2

April 2024

The Uses of Good Counterfactual History

More than a "parlor game" and less dead than you think -- if you know where and how to look

Apr 11, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

5

March 2024

Conspicuous Consumption: Friday, March 15, 2024

The Art of 1898, George Kennan, Latter-Day Nixon, Dorothea Lange, and More

Mar 15, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

General Hugh L. Scott: A Life in Three Acts

What can a forgotten soldier tell us about modern war and the U.S. rise to power?

Mar 5, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

3

2

January 2024

Conspicuous Consumption: January 26, 2024

Hofstadter, "Ukraine's War of Narratives," De Palma, Wes Montgomery, Karl Barth

Jan 26, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

2

2024: The Unspoken Assumptions

How History and Policy Depend on Knowing What We Don't Write Down

Jan 19, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

2

1

Welcome to Battle Hymns

A newsletter by Will Quinn about history, politics, foreign policy, and the people who make them.

Jan 18, 2024 • 

Will Quinn

3