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Braddock’s Defeat
Almost since the day the French and their Indian allies destroyed the army of […]
A Man Named Hazard Conquered Mount Rainier
Steely Civil War vet braved ice, altitude, and treachery to reach an unreachable summit
Beech Starship: ‘Little Bighorn With Wings’
Expectations were high when Burt Rutan teamed up with Beech to produce the Starship […]
A Turn for the Worse
How a rainstorm and a navigational error led to the murder of two U.S. […]
The American Invasion of Veracruz
Woodrow Wilson justified the Veracruz invasion as necessary to “maintain the dignity” of the U.S., but in fact it was to protect American interests in Mexico.
Fire-Eater’s Fantasy
Edmund Ruffin’s 1860 book predicted a Civil War from which the South emerged triumphant
Trying to Win Wilson’s Backing Against the French
A Q&A with Harvard history professor Fredrik Logevall on what might have been between Vietnam and the U.S.
Dr. Gatling’s Wonder Weapon
Union leaders never fell in love with what might have been the civil war’s most lethal KILLER.
Getting the Real Message to Garcia
America’s first goal in 1898 was to relieve Cuba’s suffering, but once troops landed on the island, Cuban rebels found they had traded one form of imperialism for another.