During the 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War, the unscrupulous Alcibiades was a victorious general—for all […]
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Why Were the Japanese So Cruel in World War II?
Before and during World War II, Japanese forces murdered millions of civilians and prisoners of war. Why?
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Valor: One-Man War on Arundel
Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller Jr. U.S. Naval Reserve Navy Cross Solomon Islands July–August 1943 […]
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What We Learned: The Tet Offensive
The fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 led to peace talks in Geneva […]
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Daily Quiz for November 6, 2017
In 1940, this prominent African-American was the first to be depicted on a U.S. postage stamp.
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President vs. Press: How JFK tried to stop the news
The battle for freedom of the press is a tale as old as time—for two major news networks in 1962, it meant taking on the president
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Daily Quiz for November 5, 2017
Four American presidents have been assassinated while in office-Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John Kennedy. Of the four widows, this many attended her husband’s state funeral.
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Daily Quiz for November 4, 2017
Although he did not become a physician, he is the only U.S. president who studied medicine.
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The River Ran Red
When wary Zulus massacred a party of unarmed Boer settlers, the Afrikaners mounted a punitive campaign into the heart of the warrior kingdom
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Hallowed Ground: Hill 314, Mortain, France
The French village of Mortain sits halfway up the western slope of what during […]