History, literature & ideas

History,
in perspective.

Chanan Zevin Author & editor

Ezevin is my collection of essays on history, military strategy, intelligence, and literature. From the turning points of the Second World War to remarkable acts of courage, I explore the people, decisions, and ideas behind events.

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Chanan Zevin, author and editor of Ezevin — Chanan ZevinFounder & CEO, Insightful Data Technologies

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THE PACIFIC · 1942Historical illustration

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World War II / Intelligence & command

Midway.
The intelligence
behind the victory.

Flawed Japanese predictions.
Nimitz’s decisive advantage.

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World War II

Stalingrad: the collapse of strategic illusion

Diplomatic miscalculations, logistical fragility, command rigidity, and the illusion of sustainable supply converged into irreversible failure.

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Intelligence

Enigma: the hidden architecture of intelligence

Three chapters: intelligence and uncertainty, the mathematical structure of Enigma, and Shannon entropy and probabilistic analysis.

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Historical moments · 1975

Seven lives.
One impossible
landing.

A pilot, his family, and the captain who cleared a flight deck to save them.

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Power, language & belonging

A wider lens.

World War II

The great deception

How Hitler manipulated his own generals.

Literature · Book review

The Dying Citizen

A reading of Victor Davis Hanson on citizenship.

History,in perspective.

Midway.The intelligencebehind the victory.