David Thomas: Zeroing in on Southern New Mexico
The well-traveled historian writes about Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and other Mesilla Valley characters
‘Buffalo Bill’ Book Review
Kellen Cutsforth retraces the path Buffalo Bill Cody took to becoming the nation's—and perhaps the world's—first superstar
US Air Cavalry Trooper Versus North Vietnamese Soldier Review
Military historian Chris McNab compares the men, equipment, strategy and tactics of soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army and the U.S. Air Cavalry
Thaddeus Stevens: The Evolution of the Egalitarian
The congressman did not start out a revolutionary; he became one
‘Firearms of the Texas Rangers’ Book Review
Doug Dukes reviews firearms carried by the Texas Rangers and stories behind the men who carried them
‘Stalin’s War’ Book Review
Sean McMeekin casts a revisionist's eye on Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's wartime decisions and legacy
‘Dreams of El Dorado’ Book Review
H.W. Brands presents an overview of the American West from the Louisiana Purchase through the close of the frontier
‘The Brothers York’ Book Review
Thomas Penn relates the Wars of the Roses following the 1461 Battle of Towton, when York turned against York
‘From San Francisco Eastward’ Book Review
Carolyn Grattan Eichin profiles the producers, directors and performers who brought theater to the West
‘Roosevelt and Churchill’ Book Review
Richard Evans and Michael Kluger relate the 1941 meeting of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to hammer out the Atlantic Charter
‘The Chiricahua Apaches’ Book Review
Bill Cavaliere explores the captivating yet ultimately sorrowful history of the Chiricahua Apaches, aka 'Geronimo's band'
Melody Groves: They Don’t Need No Badges
The latest history from author Groves profiles Old West lawmen turned lawbreakers
‘The Trial of Billy the Kid’ Book Review
David Thomas covers the little-known but pivotal trial of Billy the Kid that propelled him down the road to an early death
‘Gold Stars Over the Red River’ Book Review
A chronology of events and biographies of North Vietnamese pilots who made claims on American airplanes, helicopters or drones during the Vietnam War
‘When Outlaws Wore Badges’ Book Review
Melody Groves profiles badge wearers who worked both sides of the law in the Old West
‘From Presidio to the Pecos River’ Book Review
Orville Shelburne describes the mid-19th century efforts of surveyors to delineate the southern border of the United States
