Historian Jay Winik writes about the leadup to the outbreak of the Civil War in “1861: The Lost Peace.” The' Andrew DeMillo ...

Zimbabweans have reacted angrily after the country’s president signed a law that would force motorists to buy a radio permit ...

People of a certain age will be aware that the 1962 Cuba Missile Crisis was, for the world as a whole, the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. The 1962 'Battle of Cuba' was a 'cold battle' in the ...

The local American Legion post is named for Jack Henry, the baseball fanatic of a prospector who escaped a rural Minnesota farm and found himself in distant Alaska before fighting in the first World ...

Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. Some were famous men who died in battle.

Test your knowledge of the great and obscure Americans killed in battle and the great and not-so-great battlefields.

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With this in mind, we've asked some of our writers, who are also avid readers, to reveal their all-time favorite books. From ...

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Before there was Bond, James Bond, there was Bone, Caffery Bone. Ian Fleming's “The Shameful Dream” is a rare short story ...

Returning to the scene of his victory in last year's GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, LSU Stables' 'TDN Rising Star' Far Bridge (English Channel) stamped his authority on Saturday's GII Man o' War ...

At last Europe’s long nightmare of war is ended. In the schoolhouse at ... It is true that we had every reason to be grateful for the English Channel and the Navy, which placed a formidable ...