Out of this moment of fear and uncertainty comes the chance to imagine a democracy that has never fully existed.

Abraham Lincoln took direct control of the Army and Navy at Norfolk in 1862. He even led a recon mission on the James River to capture the city. (History) As the United States marks Presidents Day ...

A Narrative History of the American Revolution in the Grand Style Rick Atkinson’s choice to end “The Fate of the Day,” the second volume of his Revolution Trilogy, with the Patriot surrender of ...

As the region's main military outpost, Fort Ridgely was stocked with supplies, weapons and undelivered annuity payments.

An analysis of the overlooked regional geography surrounding Iran and how lesser-discussed neighboring states could factor ...

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Fitzhugh Brundage’s gripping new book, aptly titled A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War, represents an essential contribution to this rethinking in its account of what was ...

The video examines historical lessons, current trends, and what a civil conflict could realistically entail. Viewers will see how political, social, and economic factors might collide. Trump shares ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

James Cheshire receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US. Major magazines such as Time, Life and ...

Former U.S. representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has warned that Americans are being "incited into civil war," following the death of Alex Pretti. Pretti, an intensive care nurse and U.S. citizen, ...