‘What stays with you latest and deepest?’: PBS Series Examines the Civil War Through Poetry
Now in its third season, PBS’s “Poetry in America,” centers on one iconic American poem each episode
Gangsters of Capitalism Review: Was Smedley Butler the Embodiment of American Imperialism?
War is a racket, they say. Then by extension, what about capitalism?
In Vietnam, Americans Pioneered New Type of Counterinsurgency
Scholars examine the evolution of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice over the last two centuries, including in Vietnam
“Bombs Away” LeMay: America’s Unapologetic Champion of Waging Total War
From bomber general and self-professed war criminal to head of Strategic Air Command, Curtis LeMay divided America but always kept it safe.
We Know Who Shot William McKinley—But Who Shot The Final Photo of Him?
Many photographers working around Buffalo that awful Friday thought they had made the last image of William McKinley alive and well
He Was a New Union Lieutenant at Shiloh. The Horrors He Witnessed Left Scars That Never Healed.
A young Union lieutenant and his fellow Ohioans learn the horrors of war on Shiloh’s opening day
They ‘literally ate crow’: How Starving Confederate Troops Made It Home After the Civil War
After Appomattox, General Robert E. Lee's troops began their journeys home
Tactical Errors. Exhausted Doughboys. Here’s Why the Meuse-Argonne Offensive Was So Deadly.
Thanks to a tenacious fight put up by the untrained Americans, Montfaucon did fall on the 27th, albeit at a terrible cost.
Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee: ‘Do While You Can’
Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.
The Cadet Chapel: A Jewel in Military Gothic
The Cadet Chapel at West Point, with all the power and grandeur of a medieval fortress, is an architectural masterpiece inside and out
Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam
The U.S. Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual contains gems such as infantry “patrol tips,” maneuver techniques, and fighting methods for various environments
Slavery at Sea: How Sailor Dissatisfaction Forced Americans to Reconsider Maritime Laws
A stand-off between sailors and captain on a lumber transport helped change seamen’s legal status
Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee Dies at 102
McGee was one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen
The White Rose Revisited: How These Brave Young Germans Used Culture To Fight Hitler
By invoking German culture in their leaflets, the White Rose resistance group posed a truly serious threat to the Nazi regime
Stephen Sachs, Prosecutor of Catonsville Nine Activists, Dies At 87
Famous for prosecuting the Catonsville Nine antiwar activists, Stephen Sachs believed their behavior "fractured a central value of the American democracy."
When the CIA Bankrolled a Nazi Spy Chief
As the old saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em
