In February 1914, as his son prepared for the War Academy entrance examination, General […]
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No Peace in the Hetch Hetchy Valley
Flooding the Hetch Hetchy Valley was the answer to San Francisco’s drinking water problem—and […]
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Oh! How He Hated to Get Up in the Morning
Few soldiers have matched Sergeant Irving Berlin’s resourcefulness in beating reveille.
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Graceland
When you think of important landmarks in American history, Elvis’ Graceland mansion might not […]
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An Ace for the Czar
Aviation pioneer Boris Sergievsky began his flying career in the World War I air battles over the Eastern Front.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Elvis
Why we still love the poor white boy who turned race, class and sexual […]
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Fateful Voyage of Lusitania
The Cunard liner’s captain expected a safe Atlantic crossing, but a German U-boat would bring Lusitania’s journey to a devastating end
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Dialogue: Walter Isaacson
In 1905 Albert Einstein, a third-class clerk in the patent office in Zurich, Switzerland, […]
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John Singer Sargent Visits the Front
The newly invented weapons that brought such death and horror to the battle fields of World War I also inspired some remarkable works of art, including John Singer Sargents haunting Gassed
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The Breaking of Armies
In 1917 the British mustered their resources for one last great offensive to break through German positions outside Ypres.