We climb in the humid afternoon up a rutted and overgrown logging road, the sky mostly sealed off by a canopy of tree branches, sunlight leaking through dense greenery in elongated shafts. The hike up ...

In wartime, even losing soldiers and politicians always make a last-ditch effort to outsmart the enemy. In the 19th and 20th centuries, we see this when it comes to securing and hiding wealth. The ...