New perspectives on how history is made
And the role it played in the American Revolution.
What he thinks now about the case and whether at the time he hoped he’d lose.
A biographer discovers her subject is far from the figure beloved by the public or ridiculed by his scientific peers.
It did. Here’s why.
Unable to defeat Great Britain on the high seas, new research shows that he tried and failed to win by sabotaging Britain’s economy.
Even ancient Greek history can be illuminated by the use of these techniques.
The American Presidency Project draws researchers of different demographics to its site with a massive easy-to-use archive.
And the greatest law-and-order president in American history (and the last one to wear a gun in the White House).
Vital to the creation of the telescope was Dr. Nancy Roman, sometimes called the “mother of Hubble.”
The battle deserves to be celebrated not as the end of the first “total war,” but as the beginning of a “total peace.”
History is the best way to learn about the complex field of neuroscience, asserts renowned neuroscientist Dr. Mitchell Glickstein in his sweeping new book, "Neuroscience – A Historical Introduction."
Islamic artists have been doing it for centuries.
The debunkers in the seventies focused on the Trail of Tears. Now historians are taking a broader perspective.
The June 1941 Farhud Massacre.
Only now can her story be told.
For each of the nations present on the battlefield Waterloo had a different resonance.
The fascinating story of France’s role in our victory.
Though they called themselves democrats, they weren’t.
An interactive poll on Allied strategy would be tweeted: "Which beach do you like more, Normandy or Pas de Calais?"
But this author’s verdict is that she wasn’t transgender.
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