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Since the Second World War, the number of countries with nuclear capabilities has grown significantly—and more nations may soon decide that developing such weapons is in their national-security interest.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The Russian president will stay on after the summit to attend a military parade in Beijing on the theme of the Second World War, which will showcase the country’s latest missiles and equipment.
—Richard Hall, Time, 31 Aug. 2025
Its conceit is a neat one for a film — and totally believable for a family history from anarchic Eastern Europe after the Second World War.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Ireland showed its longstanding, if well-earned, animus toward Britain by choosing to be neutral during the Second World War—despite the depravity of Nazism.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
The Russian president will stay on after the summit to attend a military parade in Beijing on the theme of the Second World War, which will showcase the country’s latest missiles and equipment.
—Richard Hall, Time, 31 Aug. 2025
Its conceit is a neat one for a film — and totally believable for a family history from anarchic Eastern Europe after the Second World War.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
Ireland showed its longstanding, if well-earned, animus toward Britain by choosing to be neutral during the Second World War—despite the depravity of Nazism.
—Philip Metres
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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