Book Review: Russia’s Iron General
Jamie Cockfield profiles WWI Russian commander Alexei Brusilov, among his nation's greatest generals
Traveling to Tulagi, the Site of a Deadly World War II Offensive
Paradise sometimes has a dark side.
Online Exclusive: Scruffy Florida Seafarers Made Their Fortunes Salvaging Shipwrecks
Long before it became Margaritaville, Key West was a boom town built on bad news
Roy Cohn: The Toughest, Meanest, Most Brilliant Lawyer in New York
Joe McCarthy's sidekick and Donald Trump's mentor was not a very nice man
America’s Worst Wildfire: The Big Burn of 1910
In the summer of 1910 the largest wildfire in U.S. history ravaged the drought-stricken northern Rockies, burning millions of acres of forest and killing scores of people
Elaine Horwitch: The Mother of Southwest Pop
The Tucson Museum of Art honors the art dealer who had a big hand in fostering new Western art
Why a Piece of North Carolina is Forever British
When the Battle of the Atlantic neared America's East Coast, a small group of British sailors came to help, with tragic results.
Book Review: 1941
Andrew Nagorski focuses on the fateful year Adolf Hitler all but ensured the destruction of the Third Reich
New Museum Exhibit Reveals Secrets of World War II’s ‘Ghost Army’
One unit had perhaps the oddest assignment in the U.S. Army: create a fake force, but make it look and sound real.
Martha Gellhorn: Writer, Warrior, Witness
Journalist and novelist railed against injustice, covered combat—and gave Ernest Hemingway the boot
American History Reviews: The King of Tin Pan Alley
Composer's greatest gift was an ear for the simple and the sweet
U-853 Went Down Fighting the Day After World War II Ended
Nobody wants to be the last to die for a cause—especially an evil one.
May 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about World War II Japanese kamikazes and the (nearly) 14th colony of Nova Scotia
The Battle of Los Angeles
An attack on a newspaper exposed a years-long campaign of violence by organized labor
