New perspectives on how history is made
An interview with Bruce Hoffman, author of “Anonymous Soldiers” (Knopf).
Please, Mr. President, don’t build a presidential museum. It’s time for a change.
It happened in Chicago in 1890. The reason was murder.
Two cases involving Ukraine raise questions of consistency.
Why he erred is simple: The dramatist was thinking about the footlights, not the footnotes.
How Japan finally came to terms with the Great Tokyo Air Raid, which took place 70 years ago this month.
Our obsession with the Fall of Rome reflects our belief in the end times – a belief shared by the people of Rome.
When residents screen a documentary about gentrification, one of them decides to take action.
“Would Jefferson relish the pluralism, diversity, multiculturalism, and relativism we celebrate?
In the West, many Americans expanded their citizenship rights in ways Roger Taney never anticipated.
His name? Abraham Lincoln
An interview with Twitterstorian Katrina Gulliver.
A fresh review of Jefferson’s presidency shows that a guiding principle was to do the opposite of what Washington did.
Increasingly, he and the Nazis are being normalized. Is this a good thing?
50 years after the war, the doves are sticking to a narrative that’s been proven flawed.
Why the claims on behalf of airpower are more myth than reality.
Why did you choose history as your career? "When my mathematics career in college fizzled, I turned to history."
Can other historical data be analyzed to address different relevant current issues? It certainly can with a little imagination and a lot of effort.
His name was Richard Rovere. He was born 100 years ago. We should remember him.
It was 150 years ago this week. It failed. A month later the same plotters assassinated Lincoln.
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