Book Review: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail
Title aside, Hocking takes a balanced look at the Jicarilla Apaches and their relationship with the famed Kit Carson as Indian agent
‘That memory will just never, ever go away’: Hershel Williams Recalls Iwo Jima 75 Years On
HistoryNet interviews Iwo Jima veteran Hershel "Woody" Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific War.
Fort William Henry, 1757: A Fate Worse Than Surrender
On capturing Fort William Henry in 1757, the French commander offered his British prisoners safe passage—but his Indian allies weren’t feeling as magnanimous
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")
Confederate Ordnance Chief Did a Bang-Up Job Supplying the South
Late in the war, General Josiah Gorgas advocated arming slaves to fight
American History Reviews: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon This Book
History of the Lone Star State connects the prominent dots and tells stories of the lesser known
Missionary Ridge Is Now a Cozy Neighborhood With Cannon Lawn Ornaments
Magnificent views of the city below created a real estate bonanza
‘This Place Is Called The Wilderness’
Civil War soldiers who fought in the tangled forest west of Fredericksburg created a hellish mythology
Watching George Washington Become a Great Leader
History Channel miniseries follows the Virginian's path from British officer to Continental Army commander to revered first president
Unassuming Chemist Was the CIA’s Poisoner in Chief
Sidney Gottlieb ran a workshop dedicated to assassination—and mind control
Book Review: Surviving Genocide
Jeffrey Ostlers relates the clashes and pores over statistics to determine whether or not the Indian wars amounted to genocide
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.
Rebel General from Abolitionist Enclave Massachusetts
General Daniel Ruggles turned his back on his Yankee roots to fight for the Confederacy
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
Congress Changed the Way Lincoln Fought the Civil War
Radical Republicans pushed for aggressive military policy, emancipation, and Western expansion
War in Their Words: ‘I Can Make My Time Endurable’
A Norwegian immigrant wrote letters home in his native language and invisible ink
