American History Book Reviews: The Robber Baron Who Gave Us Silicon Valley
Leland Stanford bribed, stole, and murdered his way to fame and acclaim
Insight: A Historian Explains How Republicans Misjudged the Threat of Secession
David M. Potter's scholarship explains how the North saw Southern rhetoric as 'crying wolf'
Designing New Ways to Tell America’s Story
New Smithsonian museum director see her task as making democracy relevant
Civil War Veterans’ Shocking Souvenirs—Bullets in Their Bodies
Decades after soldiers were wounded, bits of lead showed up in X-rays, or simply appeared
The Controversial ‘Architect of the Vietnam War’
A new biography highlights General Maxwell Taylor's influential role in U.S. strategy
A Child Soldier in the Lebanese Civil War
Yussef Bazzi was just 15 years old when he joined one of the militia groups fighting in the Lebanese Civil War.
A ‘Warrior Tradition’: Why Native Americans Continue Fighting for the Same Government That Tried to Wipe Them Out
Often lost in conversations surrounding military history — and most discussions on sociology — are the contributions of Native Americans.
How a U-Boat Captain’s Criticism of the Nazi Regime Sealed His Fate at the Hands of a Firing Squad
The Navy was considered a place of political independence—but that didn't keep Nazi ideologues and spies from joining its ranks
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Colonial Cryptographers Helped Patriots Win the Revolution
After a slow start, Washington's spymasters used mathematics, chemistry, and sneakiness to turn the tide against the British
How Stonewall Jackson’s Death Sites Became Tourist Attractions
Confederate veterans created shrines to memorialize the general and attract travelers' dollars
Peril on the Potomac: The Sinking of Black Diamond
Dozens die as troop transport collides with barge hunting for John Wilkes Booth
Samuel Fuller and The Big Red One
Samuel Fuller reinvented the American war movie with such gritty classics as The Steel Helmet, Fixed Bayonets, and The Big Red One.
