20世纪到1945

During World War II, the United States government, working through the Army Corp of Engineer, undertook an unprecedented experiment—the development of the world’s first nuclear weapon. Although the f …

The Battles of Forts Henry and Donelson took place in February of 1862 and were early indicators of the success the US would have in the Civil War’s Western Theater. Due to Kentucky’s neutrality at t …

For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of the military violence occurring overseas, Americans found themselves living in two worlds …

This personal record of the Civil War was edited and published in 1910 by Francis Fearn, who may have been the granddaughter of the author. The diary records the tribulations of a Confederate family …

“Small Wars is unique in its complexity and breadth. This book would be of great interest to both military and diplomatic historians, and those that teach Recent America.” —Nancy Gentile Ford, author …

The Oregon Trail is a historical non-fiction book written by Francis Parkman Jr., first published in 1849. It chronicles Parkman's journey along the Oregon Trail in 1846, detailing the challenge …

In a new paperback and ebook preface, R. Bruce Craig gathers a wealth of relevant revelations relating to the White case that have emerged over the last two decades. Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth …

While presidents have always kept a watchful eye on the military, our generals have been equally vigilant in assessing the commander-in-chief. Their views, however, have been relatively neglected in …

‘Why Lincoln Laughed’ is a book that explores a lesser-known facet of one of America’s most revered presidents, Abraham Lincoln: his sense of humor. The book, written by Russell Herman Conwell, illus …

How the Confederate capital’s citizens, white and Black, faced their future in the wake of Union victory In April 1865, the Civil War that had consumed the lives of the residents of Richmond, Virgini …