Posts Tagged ‘American history’
Good Faith, Decent People, and Fateful Misunderstandings
On the occasion of the new PBS documentary on Vietnam, a former war correspondent recalls an American general whose failure helped define the conflict
Read MoreScientists and Saints
Women’s roles and rituals under the microscope
Read MoreSelective Memory
Ideas do not always catch on right away
Read MoreGhostland
Read an excerpt from Colin Dickey’s history of America’s most haunted places
Read MoreKu Klux Kounty
Plus, tall tales from Claude Monet and Betty MacDonald
Read MoreThe Virtue of an Educated Voter
The Founders believed that a well-informed electorate preserves our fragile democracy and benefits American society as a whole
Read MoreTerritories of Conquest
A new history of the bloodletting that opened the frontier
Read MoreBefore the Rebellion
A colonial American artist’s portraits of an age
Read MoreThe Silent Candidate
In 1860, after Lincoln received the Republican presidential nomination, he kept his mouth shut until the election—we should be so lucky today.
Read MoreNeither Snow Nor Rain
Read an excerpt from Devin Leonard’s eclectic history of the U.S. Postal Service
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