From Sea to Shining Sea
U.S. maritime and naval power rests on the force of political will as an expression of national character.
History
Black Dan
Dan Webster was the greatest actor that ever trod the American political stage.
Nuclear Autumn
How the world almost ended in 1983.
Talking About the Constitution
Our early republic fiercely contested the meaning of the American Revolution and the Constitution.
An Indispensable Abolitionist
Salmon P. Chase was America's foremost developer and proponent of both constitutional and political abolitionism.
Eminent Victorians
The Victorians reformed Britain to meet the demands of modernity.
Colossus
Julius Caesar was a colossus who outgrew Rome.
King Mob
Andrew Jackson, populist.
O Sanity!
The history of psychiatry is replete with horrors.
Overcoming the House Divided
Lincoln’s unprecedented acceptance of black Americans reflected his conviction about the fundamental equality of all human beings.
The Warmonger
Stalin saw an advantage in the renewal of global hostilities, so he helped facilitate them.
The Pastness of the Past
For Gordon Wood, no era has a monopoly on truth. Truth is merely the epiphenomenon of the era that produced it.