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.
Quench Warfare
“We will see that every man in uniform gets a bottle of Coca-Cola for five cents, wherever he is, and whatever it costs the company."
Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee: ‘Do While You Can’
Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.
Book Review: Lives Reclaimed
Mark Roseman documents the League (aka the Bund), a utopian group that provided wartime aid and succor to victims of the Nazi regime
John Smith, the Working Class Hero Who Saved Jamestown
Farmer's son endured combat, enslavement, and near-execution before his talents as a diplomat brought peace with the Algonquians
Book Review: Return to the Reich
Eric Lichtblau relates the story of Fred Mayer, a German Jew who in 1945 parachuted into Austria at the head of a three-man OSS team
