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
Want to Be President? Pretend You’re a Regular Sort
Then, as now, politicians pounced on rich rivals. Most candidates pretended to be self-made
From German Waffen SS to American Green Beret
The fierce anti-communism of Finland’s Larry Thorne put him on different sides in two wars
The Stranger-Than-Fiction Career of the OSS’s Carl Eifler
The colonel headed a clandestine operations program that required brute force, innovation, and a strange-looking submarine.
Andrew Roberts: Walking With Churchill
Roberts' new book, Churchill: Walking With Destiny, may be the best one-volume biography yet written about the wartime British PM
Audiobook Review | The Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry that Shaped Rock ’n’ Roll
Before Leo Fender and Les Paul were names on headstocks, they were tinkerers who produced the most influential musical instruments of the twentieth century
‘Desert Fox’ Offers Thrilling Battle Scenes—and No New Takes
The Rommel biography focuses more on the general's North Africa adventures than on fresh scholarship.
Audiobook Review| How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized the Musical
The music-making duo helped redefine theater and the American Broadway musical
One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: David H. Hackworth
The record for combat decorations in Vietnam
Audiobook Review| Violence within Congress Spurs the Civil War
Author Joanne B. Freeman recounts how Southern Democrats’ attacks on critics of slavery spilled from the Capitol building onto streets and dueling grounds
