What has changed is the arsenal available when desperate leaders run out of options. Nine nuclear powers. Over 12,000 ...

April 12, 1945: Roosevelt dies and Truman takes command mid-war, reshaping World War II strategy and the postwar world order.

Debates and interpretations surrounding the history before and after liberation have been intense, yet research remains insufficient. One cause is the scarcity of primary sources from the period ...

In this incisive dual biography, historian Vinen (1968) paints British prime minister Winston Churchill and French general Charles de Gaulle as having moved along opposite trajectories. As Churchill ...

Had President Franklin D. Roosevelt responded similarly to Europe’s calls during World War II, the continent’s fate could ...

But far from resulting in a quick victory against an overmatched rival, Trump’s war in Iran is putting America’s strategic ...

In 1942, a Bronx man who denounced the war effort was arrested and sentenced to the workhouse. With the help of the author's ...

Netflix is releasing a historical drama about the Kennedy family, starring Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy Sr. Here’s ...

President Trump has vacillated between boasting about U.S. military superiority and deep frustration that his war of choice is not always having the desired effects.

The streamer hasn’t announced a premiere date for Kennedy yet. As of March 2026, production is now underway in London. The series probably won’t hit Netflix until 2027, at the earliest. The first ...

Picture Winston Churchill’s attire, and a three-piece suit (with bow tie) likely comes to mind. But away from the public eye, the British leader often slipped into more practical garb to paint: white ...