Politics
Mark Grimsley |
Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister. "I would say to the House," he declaimed, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." He predicted …
Laurence Rees |
Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:27 pm
How Stalin's policies meant the difference between life and death, and not in the way one might think
Alex Kershaw |
Published: January 30, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Why Germany kept up the fight
Ray Raphael |
Published: January 27, 2012 at 4:00 pm
At the Constitutional Convention, Gouvernuer Morris made sure the office of the president would be independent from Congress.
Debra Newbold |
Published: December 06, 2011 at 5:30 pm
The Dictabelts
The Nixon Presidential Library is releasing the second installment of Presidential dictabelts, which include President Nixon's recollections of his surreal early morning surprise visit to the Lincoln Memorial on May 9, 1970, when he met with anti-Vietnam War …
Peter Carlson |
Published: November 30, 2011 at 5:08 pm
During the Cold War, the U.S. Congress had its own secret fallout shelter tucked away in the West Virginia hills.
Gene Santoro |
Published: November 28, 2011 at 9:50 am
Author Frederic C. Tubach shares a glimpse of his childhood in the Third Reich
Published: November 08, 2011 at 2:52 pm
An excerpt from a new book about the clashing "nations" within America.
Mark Grimsley |
Published: October 05, 2011 at 8:30 am
On a mid-spring morning in 1943, 160,000 Allied troops storm ashore in Normandy to create the "Second Front" long desired by American strategists and long demanded by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. In the days that follow, additional Allied …
Jay Wertz |
Published: September 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explores the Prohibition years in a new PBS special that begins Sunday.
Gregory Curtis |
Published: July 22, 2011 at 11:49 am
Texas has been a state since 1845. So why do Texans still believe they live in a separate country?
Ron Soodalter |
Published: July 20, 2011 at 10:14 am
A congressional war panel proves too many cooks can poison the pot
By any standard, Ball's Bluff was a fiasco. What began as a raid in October 1861 escalated into an unintended battle for Leesburg, Va. The Yankees so badly …
Paula Span |
Published: June 09, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Modern-day conservatives claim Woodrow Wilson wrecked the American century.
Gene Santoro |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Visit the gathering grounds of Europe's spies and refugees.
Alex Kershaw |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Brothers, Rivals, Victors
By Jonathan W. Jordan. 672 pp.
NAL Hardcover, 2011. $28.95.
Two factors mattered most in determining victory in Europe in World War II: the will to win, and the amount of materiel available to the warring …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:54 pm
In the earliest light of August 19, 1942, 6,080 Allied troops, most of them Canadian, attacked the Channel port of Dieppe, France. They had orders to hold the port for two tides—about 12 hours—before withdrawing. The assault began with landings …
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