Nine Artists Who Lost Their Lives on the Battlefield
These nine artists lost their lives on or near the battlefield as they tried to record the realities of war for faraway audiences.
A Bet Lost, the Battle Won
American paratroopers attached to Operation Varsity may have missed their drop zone but not their opportunity in March 1945, weeks before war’s end in Europe
Typhoid Mary: ‘The Most Dangerous Woman in America’
How Mary Mallon, an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, became one of the most dangerous women in America
Fact from Fiction: Joseph McCarthy the Tail Gunner
Joseph McCarthy vaulted to fame as a fearmongering senator. But the war record that got him elected was more fiction than fact.
Mutiny on the Rhine
Battling rebellious legions under the suspicious gaze of imperial Rome, Germanicus rose to the occasion with a mix of diplomacy and resolve
An Ally with a Lot to Lose in Vietnam
Fearful of communist encroachment that threatened its survival, Thailand provided crucial aid to the U.S. fight in neighboring Indochina.
In the Time of Coronavirus, Social Distancing is Better When You Read (Or Reread) the Classics of War
Our best of the best reading material while hunkered down and riding out the pandemic.
An Alaskan Village Holds the Key to Understanding the 1918 Spanish Flu
In August 1997, a scientist named Johan Hultin from San Francisco traveled to Brevig Mission and, with permission of the town’s elders, excavated the local cemetery to try and unearth a victim of the outbreak buried deep within the frozen tundra.
