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Into the Sunset

On October 5, 1892, the last of the major outlaw gangs of the Old West was destroyed in a gun bat...

Mediterranean Air War

Without what the Allies learned in the Mediterranean air war in 1942-1944, the Normandy landings-...

Russian Army in the Great War

A full century later, our picture of World War I remains one of wholesale, pointless slaughter in...

Obscenity Rules

An examination of the landmark 1957 Supreme Court case 'Roth v. United States,' which for the fir...

Teaching Empire

At the turn of the twentieth century, the US government viewed education as one sure way of civil...

Lawyer’s Conscience

In 1776, Thomas Paine declared the end of royal rule in the United States. Instead, 'law is king,...

A Light in the Tower

With evocative storytelling and incisive research, Katie Rose Guest Pryal brings a new eye to the...

Presidential Leadership in Political Time

Commander in Chief

The constitutional balance of war powers has shifted from Congress to the president over time. To...

The War for Korea, 1950-1951

In The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning, one of our most distinguished military historia...

Good Sex

Rules about sexuality, written and unwritten, have existed in every culture as have disagreements...

Since You Went Away

'Last night Mel and I were talking about some of the adjustments we'll have to make to our husban...