Author Brian DeLay

Brian DeLay

Brian DeLay earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is now Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the prize-winning book War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War (Yale, 2008), and is now at work on a book for W. W. Norton about guns, freedom, and domination in the Americas, called Shoot the State.

The American Public has Power Over the Gun Business—Why Doesn’t It Use It?

Brian DeLay

Politics & Economics

As teenagers in Parkland, Florida, dressed for the funerals of their friends – the latest victims of a mass shooting in the U.S. – weary outrage poured forth on social media and in op-eds across the...

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The Weight of the Presidency

Four Crises Facing the President and How History Can Help

Gullibility and the Triumph of the Con-Artists

Is the Era of In-Class Education Coming to an End?

Colonizing Mars Means Contaminating Mars – And Never Knowing For Sure If It Had Its Own Native Life

Dysphagia and Swallowing Disorders How To Manage Them Later in Life

The Advantages of Gene Editing in Agriculture

The Verdict on Sunbathing

Author Brian DeLay

Brian DeLay

The American Public has Power Over the Gun Business—Why Doesn’t It Use It?