The US has never taken responsibility for spraying Agent Orange over Laos during the Vietnam War. Generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences. Article 12 votes
American special operations forces have become a major military player - and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking Article 5074 words 7 votes
Life during wartime: How west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles Article 3820 words 5 votes
The contested legacy of the anti-fascist International Brigades, who enlisted from around the world to fight fascism in Spain Article 2938 words 9 votes
In the decades before the American civil war, violence broke out in Congress too Article 1485 words, published Oct 22 2018 7 votes
Ask Historians: How did Lincoln's political agenda on slavery change before and during the war? Link 8 votes
There may never ever be another man as powerful as Stanislav Petrov Video 41:38, published Jul 7 2019 7 votes
On the 200th anniversary of his death, George III’s collection of more than 3,000 military maps, views and prints in the Royal Collection have been made publicly available online Article 433 words 5 votes
What Americans know about the Holocaust: Fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power Article 2155 words 20 votes
Soviets in Afhghanistan: The invasion that changed everything Video 16:02, published Sep 24 2019 5 votes
The extraordinary story of Joy Whitehead - female soldier of the first world war Article 1600 words, published Nov 5 2019 8 votes
The secret mission to seize Nazi map data: How a covert US Army intelligence unit canvassed war-torn Europe, capturing intelligence with incalculable strategic value Article 4641 words 9 votes
Denmark honours Bernhard Arp Sindberg who rescued thousands of Chinese during the Japanese imperial army's orgy of violence in Nanjing in 1937 Article 1005 words 6 votes
A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration Article 1410 words 8 votes
The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day: More than two dozen US cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day" Article 747 words 7 votes
The general was female? ASU professor, colleague uncover 200-year-old mystery from the American Revolution Article 1852 words 10 votes
The top six medical inventions during the American civil war Article 1732 words, published Jan 28 2019 9 votes
Revolutionary War fighting ended in 1781. The last shots exploded two months ago. Article 2156 words 10 votes
A brief history of US dirty wars in Central America that set the stage for the refugee crisis Video 9:24, published Dec 2 2018 4 votes
The Confederacy was built on slavery. How can so many southern whites still believe otherwise? Article 7325 words, published Nov 28 2018 20 votes
Who’s behind that beard? Historians are using facial recognition software to identify people in Civil War photographs Article 1195 words 8 votes
At 63, I threw away my prized portrait of Robert E. Lee Article 3501 words, published Oct 23 2018 9 votes
Thirty-five years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war Article 888 words 16 votes
Axes of evil. Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III. Link 4 votes
Axes of evil - Four days, two murders, and one poplar tree that almost ignited World War III Link 8 votes
Hiroshima - a 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing and its aftermath Article 9 votes