Book Review: The New York Times Complete Civil War 1861-1865
July 13, 2025This collection of the Times' news coverage during the war is a must-have for Civil War...
The Civil War Begins: An Exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia
July 11, 2025These are not merely newspapers, letters, transcripts of speeches and official reports from the 1850's through...
The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier
July 9, 2025This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...
Book Review: The Big Policeman by J. North Conway
July 9, 2025J. North Conway's new account of the law enforcement career of Thomas Byrnes, The Big Policeman,...
Book Review: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
June 21, 2025Nevertheless, it is a considerable shock to read indictments of Washington in the letters of Patriot...
Book Review: Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America by Erika Lee and Judy Yung
June 15, 2025For those who fell in the “only” 7 percent category, the decision to deport them was...
Book Review: Winston’s War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by Max Hastings
May 31, 2025The next two years of the war for Churchill were a harrowing march through what his...
Book Review: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. Remini
May 26, 2025In 1850, the best that Clay could do was to coax Southern politicians to agree to...
Book Review: Kaboom by Matt Gallagher
May 12, 2025Gallagher has a lot of conversations with his platoon’s interpreter (“tarp”), a man his men call...
Book Review: Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War by Ted Morgan
May 5, 2025Giap had lost several family members to the rigors of French colonial rule, including his wife...
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