Robert Carter III was a most unlikely herald of liberty. The grandson of the […]
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Interview: Randolph Roth / historian of homicide
What’s the biggest misconception about the causes of murder? Liberals believe economic deprivation leads […]
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American History Today: April 2010
Archaeologists Hoist Anchor From Wreckage of Blackbeard’s Last Pirate Ship The last ship of […]
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Air Battle for Fortress Malta
On March 21, 1942, Pilot Officer Howard Coffin, an American from Los Angeles and a volunteer in the Royal Air Force, sat down to record the day’s events in his diary. He had been flying Hawker Hurricanes in defense of Malta for six months.
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Interview: Ron Chernow / Restoring Grant to Greatness
Ron Chernow’s new biography, “Grant” upsets a century and half of historiography, illuminating Ulysses S. Grant as a flawed but just man who, despite his drinking problem, won the Civil War and, though scandals marred his presidency, should be remembered as one of our major chief executives.
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This Was the Vietnam War’s Decisive Event
Communists attacks in January 1968, and the reaction to them, dashed U.S. hopes for an all-out victory in Vietnam
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The War in Their Words: Campaign of the Two Dogs
A Pennsylvanian’s diary describes the Bristoe Station Campaign and the Battle of Rappahannock Station.
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Daily Quiz for January 9, 2018
An Wang’s invention of the doughnut shaped computer memory and his Wang Laboratories helped bring about the Massachusetts Miracle of this city in the early 1980’s.
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Any Recommendations for a Reconstruction Book?
Dear Sir/Madam, I have been reading your America’s Civil War for years and love […]
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American History Review: The Jazz Loft Project
The Jazz Loft Project New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The Jazz […]