Citing new research, authors Edward Gordon and David Ramsay expound on previous work detailing faults theater commanders’ handling of the Normandy Invasion
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Off and Running: America’s Growing Passion For Horse Racing Stayed Strong During the War
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker gave his blessing to one of the war’s most ironic events, The “Grand Irish Brigade Steeple-Chase.”
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Footlocker: Army Strip Map from the 100th Infantry Division
A reader submits a rare, intact strip map marking the trail of a group of men of the 100th Infantry Division as they meander through Europe
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Film Review: Cabaret (1972)
Columnist Mark Grimsley examines Cabaret’s distinctive perspective on the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany
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The Water War
From the Gulf of Tonkin to the Mekong Delta, new technologies were launched during the Vietnam War
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Classic Dispatches | The Lonely Grave
Reuben Louis Goldberg—Rube Goldberg as the world knew him—did it all: He was an […]
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Interview: Joseph McGill / An Uneasy Night’s Sleep
Joseph McGill began sleeping in slave cabins to draw attention to endangered buildings, but his efforts evolved into a platform for dialogue about slavery.
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Daily Quiz for May 8, 2018
“Life Magazine” called this man “one of the world’s greatest detectives” in its September 1946 issue for his role in convicting Al Capone and solving the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case.
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American History Book Review: This Republic of Suffering
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust, […]
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American History Book Review: Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker by Stacy […]