February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured ...

In the early 20th century, J. C. Leyendecker rose to prominence as an illustrator whose work was seen everywhere from soap ...

On June 8, 1972, the photograph of a naked, frightened child running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War was taken.

This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a ...

The contribution of Rev Dr John Stott (1921–2011) to the post-war restoration the classic evangelical synthesis of preaching ...

A new book makes the case that farmers in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest were not bystanders to America’s rise as a ...

Months after the remains of over 30 political prisoners from the Greek Civil War were discovered in Thessaloniki, another 14 ...

A new academic study reveals how Cold War paranoia, space medicine, and germ theory collided in one of the most bizarre ...

Credit: ILM/Lucasfilm Today marks the 45th anniversary of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," which was released in theaters by 20th Century Fox on May 21, 1980, and has been aptly christened by ...

Duncan Weldon is an economics writer and broadcaster and a former colleague of mine. He’s also a massive economics history ...

Beevor’s second choice is the two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler by British historian Ian Kershaw - a work he describes as ...

Today, Americans are witnessing a resurgence of such concerns. History shows that they may lead to censorship and curtail ...