Featured Stories

• American History Magazine

  

  ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: America’s First Financial Crisis

  A single rich investor's ruin led the infant United States economy into a terrible tizzy...

• Military History

  

  VIDEO: In Alaska, the 2nd Deadliest Battle of the Pacific

  The Battle of Attu in May of 1943 was the only land battle of World War II fought on incorporated U.S. territory. It was the second deadliest battle in the Pacific Theater, after Iwo Jima, due largely to a failed last-ditch banzai charge....

• Military History Magazine

  

  An Ear for Trouble

  A barbaric encounter aboard a seized merchantman off Cuba roused Britain to war with Spain for dominance in the Caribbean...

• American History magazine

  

  When Influenza Truly Went Viral

  The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed 10s of millions, and scientists still are looking for a cure...

• AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE

  

  Conversation Piece: Military Honors

  John A. Rawlins served as Ulysses S. Grant’s chief of staff throughout the war and Grant referred to him as his most “indispensable” officer. ...

• Vietnam Magazine

  

  ‘They Gave Me the Last Rites’

  Seriously wounded Army infantryman Doug Greenlaw now leads the Purple Heart organization, dedicated to all who spilled blood for their country....

• MHQ Magazine

  

  Somme Song

  Mary Borden was born in 1886 with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth: Her father, a prominent Chicago lawyer, had struck it rich as one of the lead investors in a fabulously successful silver-mining venture in Colorado. After...

• CIVIL WAR TIMES MAGAZINE

  

  Insight: Off The Tracks

  The Confederacy failed to take advantage of railroad technology...