Becoming Ottoman
The Turkish dynasty rose from the dying embers of another once great empire
Remembering the Resistance Leader Who Infiltrated Auschwitz
Witold Pilecki spent two and a half years trying to sabotage the infamous camp from within
Audiobook Review | Camelot’s End: Kennedy Versus Carter and the Fight That Broke the Democratic Party
Author Jon Ward shows how Carter and Kennedy let their individual ambitions shred their party rather than allow the other to lead it
Did Furious Forrest Really Threaten Bragg’s Life After Chickamauga ?
Closer look at historical sources sheds doubt on whether infamous Chattanooga confrontation ever occurred
This Week in History – Fidel Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
In 1953, an armed revolt led by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies replaced Cuba's military dictatorship with a Communist one
Roosevelt’s Right-Hand Man Was a Quiet Yet Powerful Force
A new biography illuminates Admiral William D. Leahy's role as FDR's chief of staff, adviser, and friend during World War II
Online Exclusive: Margaret Chase Smith Stands Up to Bully Joe McCarthy
Dignified and diminutive Maine Republican disliked communism—but liked 'Tail Gunner Joe's' way of fighting it even less
This Week in History – Jesse Owens Sets Records, Annihilates Nazi Competition at the 1936 Olympics
In Berlin, on August 1, 1936, track star Jesse Owens won a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals, knocking down Hitler's dreams of Aryan victory
John Reynolds’ Recklessness Shaped Victory at Gettysburg
By sacrificing the 1st and 11th Corps, the doomed Union general gave Meade the edge he needed in July 2-3 fighting
Audiobook Review | Nikola Tesla: The Father of Modern Technology
Richard Munson recounts the life of this idiosyncratic genius inventor whose pioneering work transformed the twentieth century.
Vatican Intrigue: Priest Outwits Nazis
How an Irish monsignor used his Vatican office to defy fascist authorities in wartime Rome
Letter From Wild West — October 2019
Though raised a sickly child in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt became a substantial man of the West
VIDEO: Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
On July 26, 1953, revolutionaries Fidel and Raul Castro stage a bloody coup against their government that leads to the establishment of communism in Cuba
“Glory” Returns to the Big Screen
Oscar-winning epic about black soldiers in the Civil War will be re-released July 24
Flight of the Polar Eagle: Journey to the North Pole
In 1897 three Swedish aeronauts set out for the North Pole in a balloon, only to disappear in the vast Arctic. Their fate would remain a mystery for 33 years
