As we close in on Nov. 5 and Judgment Day for American democracy, the specter of Benito Mussolini's seizure of power in Italy a century ago has been keeping me up at night.

Her reviews are not contemptuous, a common pitfall for her imitators. They are simply unbridled in their dislike.

Because the execution of such a Trumpian second ... in her simultaneously fascinating and disturbingly ominous book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Norton, 2021). "Anti-Fascists fled abroad ...

Trump’s presidency and co-wrote a book on it. He reported from Washington ... Nor did he mind citing fascists like Benito Mussolini. When Mr. Trump retweeted a quote that “it is better ...

This year saw plenty of excellent books, as usual, on the 20th century – but the real gems were revelatory examinations of ...

Shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, a raft of self-help books and articles appeared, written by students of post-Soviet society. Drawing on lessons gleaned from Vladimir Putin’s ...

1570: A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland; killing more than 1,000 people. 1604: Shakespeare’s “Othello” is first staged. 1611: Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is ...

Famous as the inspiration for Stephen King’s haunted hotel in The Shining, this Colorado institution has spooky stories by the book-full ... sentenced to death by hanging.

The sun, the food, lazy days and pastel colors... but is that the real Italy? The particular fascination that Germans have for the Bel Paese says plenty about both countries.