You are familiar with the story of the American Revolution. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin ...

This lesson explores the British Army before and during the American Revolutionary War. The lesson, which features historian and author Don Hagist speaking at the Ame ...

There are certain rules about a war. Rule number one is young men die. And rule number two is, doctors can't change rule ...

When war broke out again in Europe on September 1, 1939, the Depression-era U.S. Army was only some 170,000 soldiers ...

On this Hanukkah, I will be thinking about what we need to do to ensure the candles still shine. Let this be the year that, ...

Have you seen Ken Burns’s series “The American Revolution” on PBS? Even if you haven’t, you might have seen the commentary that accompanied it: a scorching string of articles accusing Burns of ...

Directed by Ken Burns with Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, “The American Revolution” takes away the trimmings of nostalgia and myth from U.S. history. Instead, it gives audiences a raw, humane and ...

What began as hit-and-run guerrilla warfare soon evolved into organized, coordinated military campaigns. We explore how the Viet Minh grew from a resistance force into a structured army, and how ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s inexperienced army is prepared to wage a prolonged guerrilla war and spread anarchy throughout the country if the US attempts a ground invasion to depose him, ...

Michael Steinberger’s The Philosopher in the Valley argues that Palantir’s unprecedented influence over U.S. military operations stems not from technological superiority but from CEO Alex Karp’s ...

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil War to baseball to jazz to immigration to national parks with epic ...