Online Exclusive: How Collectivism Nearly Sunk Early Colonies
Only when settlers instituted private property rights did the New World thrive
A Virginia Slave Schooled in Scotland Made a Bravehearted Bid for His Freedom
Jamie Montgomery failed, but his case set a precedent that ended chattel bondage in Scotland 12 years later
Hitler Celebrated His 50th—Then Went to War
On Hitler’s 50th, adoring Germans hailed their leader for making their country a great power again and for stopping short of the all-out war they so feared—or so they thought.
Sergeant York: The German Backlash
The Berlin government ordered a historian to write a report calling York's exploit an American lie.
How the German Air Force Rebuilt After World War II
In the aftermath of WWII, Germany turned to former Luftwaffe officers to rebuild its air force under NATO and help counter the Soviet threat.
Book Review: Russia’s Iron General
Jamie Cockfield profiles WWI Russian commander Alexei Brusilov, among his nation's greatest generals
Book Review: 1941
Andrew Nagorski focuses on the fateful year Adolf Hitler all but ensured the destruction of the Third Reich
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot
Book Review: The Persian War in Herodotus
William Shepherd delves into the ancient records of a war whose outcome forever shaped the Western world
Book Review: Crossing the Rubicon
Luca Fezzi relates the momentous era in which Rome transitioned from republic to empire
Mark Noah: But Now Am Found
Noah is the founder of History Flight, a nonprofit dedicated to finding and properly interring the remains of missing U.S. service members
This Week in History – March 1–7 – Gutenberg Launches the Renaissance, 1455
In March 1455, the information age of medieval Europe began with Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
Medium Mark A ‘Whippet’
Debuting on the Western Front in 1917, the Whippet was nimbler than other tanks, though hardly a greyhound
Book Review: Waffen-SS
Adrian Gilbert examines the dark World War II history of Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS (aka the "Alibi of the Nation")
The Women Who Loved Hitler
Nazi doctrine pigeonholed them as obedient mothers and wives, but a cadre of strong female supporters aided the rise of the Führer and some of his most trusted men.
