Book Review: Airmen of Arnhem
Martin W. Bowman relates the hazards airmen faced during Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten World War II
Lust for Fame Made Smut This Puritan’s Chief Stock in Trade
'Special Agent' Anthony Comstock took reporters along when he raided purveyors of porn and prophylactics
A Scot at Cerro Gordo
George Ballentine, a Scottish weaver, sought a better life in the United States. He ended up fighting in the Mexican-American War.
Book Review: The Frontiersmen Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight
Gregory Michno pulls no punches in his assessment of traditional frontier heroes like Crockett and Boone
Kuno, a British Military Working Dog, Awarded Highest Honor for Service Animals
The military dog charged through a maelstrom of bullets to take out an insurgent, saving the lives of many British soldiers
To Keep Her Family Together, a German Baroness Joined the Lowly Ranks of Army Camp Followers
In 1777, a high-born wife takes her youngsters to North America to find her husband, a German officer fighting under British command. What could go wrong?
This Mysterious Object Looks Like a Weapon—But It’s Actually Art
Curators at The National World War II Museum solve readers’ artifact mysteries.
Book Review: The Three-Cornered War
Megan Kate Nelson looks at Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley's invasion of New Mexico and concurrent Indian campaigns
Diana Kouris: She Knows Brown’s Park
The author grew up in the Colorado mountain valley and has written a biography of local rancher 'Queen Ann' Bassett
Book Review: True Grit
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
Book Review: The Secret History of Soldiers
Tim Cook assesses the performance and staying power of the Canadian Corps during World War I
American History Review: The Fastest Man on Two Wheels Was Nearly Forgotten
"Major" Taylor was the best bicycle rider of his time, but his career was badly undermined by Jim Crow
Shades of Gray: The Legacy of George Pickett
General George Pickett’s widow wrote a falsified tribute to his wartime service
