Thế kỷ 20 cho đến năm 1945

At Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides …

Oglala Chief Red Cloud is quoted as saying, ‘The white man made many promises to us, but he kept only one; he promised to take our land and he took it.’ Initially the method of taking Indian land was …

The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations based originally in the United States have played a part in making gender and r …

In 1860, Ohio was among the most influential states in the nation. As the third-most-populous state and the largest in the middle west, it embraced those elements that were in concert-but also at odd …

‘One reason Koncewicz’s narrative is so compelling is that it’s also a redemption story.’—The Washington Post ‘Excruciatingly timely.’—Kirkus Reviews In more than three thousand recorded convers …

The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented — and, to this day, still unmatched — strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Mark Neely exam …

In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John Mc Allister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civ …

From nineteenth-century public baths to today’s private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in …

After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely shu …

The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and–with more than 51, 000 casualties–also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 p …