Current History (Bookshelf)

Current History is the oldest United States publication devoted exclusively to world affairs. Current History was founded by George Washington Ochs Oakes, the brother of The New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs, in 1914 in order to provide detailed coverage of World War I. The magazine has no institutional, political, or governmental affiliations, and is privately owned. It is published monthly, from September through May.

—Excerpted from Current History on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

Past contributors to Current History have included George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Charles Beard, and Henry Steele Commager. In more recent years, it has featured names like James Schlesinger, Norman Cousins, Marshall Goldman, Peter Arnett, and Francis Fukuyama. In a recent issue on the Middle East it published articles by Juan Cole and John McCain.

See http://www.currenthistory.com/

Volume 1

• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 1, 1914, With Index to Volume 1
  What Men of Letters Say 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 2, 1914
  Who Began the War and Why? 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 3, January 9, 1915
  What Americans Say to Europe 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 4, January 23, 1915
  The War at Close Quarters 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 5, February, 1915
  The New Russia Speaks 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 6, March, 1915
  The Caldron of the Balkans 

Volume 2

• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 1, April, 1915 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 2, May, 1915 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 3, June, 1915 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 4, July, 1915 
• The New York Times Current History: The European War — No. 5, August, 1915 

Volume 8

• Current History, A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times — No. 2, May, 1918 
• Current History, A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times — No. 3, June, 1918