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In February 2003, the planning for Operation Iraqi Freedom felt like a math problem that could be solved with a discrete solution. Maps.... Read More

How the British occupation of Boston—which ended 250 years ago today—shaped our political sensibility. Read More

Andrew O’Shaughnessy, a history professor at the University of Virginia, is author of “The Men Who Lost America: British... Read More

The Arab oil embargo of 1973 sent shockwaves through many parts of U.S. society. Read More

Patty Hearst was abducted by a revolutionary group in 1974, as reported by the BBC. But 50 years ago, on 20 March 1976, she was found guilty... Read More

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Lydia Darragh defied her commitment to pacifism by spying during the American Revolution Read More

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past. Read More

Britons learn about the country’s involvement ‘almost as a self-congratulatory narrative’, says historian Joseph Mulhern Read More

The Zulu Kingdom was one of the most powerful states in Southern and Central Africa during its peak in the mid-19th century. The Zulu... Read More

Home to some of the last speakers of Aramaic, Maaloula was attacked in Syria’s civil war. Its residents are determined to rebuild–and... Read More

Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome. Read More

Women, non-importation agreements and spinning bees in the American Revolution. Read More

An extraordinary archaeological find reveals how ancient civilizations crafted and consumed wine thousands of years before recorded history. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Explore Henry Knox's legendary expedition to move nearly 60 tons of artillery across lakes, rivers, and mountain passes in January 1776. Read More

On 2 March 2006, India and the United States finalised a controversial nuclear deal Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn about the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh. Read More

After the Civil War, while America was rebuilding itself, some Southerners made a different kind of move — they packed up and left.... Read More

Rana Dasgupta’s globe-spanning history focuses on the US, China, Britain and France — but overlooks Russia and the impact of war Read More

A close, character-based look at the Romanovs’ final years, balancing political context with the pressures of family life and Alexandra’s... Read More

Our history too often sidesteps the question of finances. But sonorous ideals don’t keep an army supplied with uniforms, guns, and grub. Read More

The publication of “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” by W. Fitzhugh Brundage of the... Read More

In the months before the Easter Rising, St. Patrick’s Day marches offered a glimpse of Ireland’s rising nationalist energy. Read More

According to one tradition, both men knew one another closely and were each involved in promulgating Christianity in Ireland. Read More

The narrow Persian Gulf waterway has been a contested choke point for centuries. Read More

The hidden power of cryptanalysis: how secret codes have helped track mobsters, terrorists, and elusive killers. Read More

Cpl. Marvin Silvester Patton, who vanished during the first American ground battle of the Korean War, was laid to rest in Virginia on Monday.... Read More

U.S. War Department field manuals are much valued by collectors for their insights into old-time American thinking, weaponry, and tactics. Read More

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In ancient Rome, putting on theatrical plays was not just a form of entertainment – it became a powerful tool of propaganda Read More

An army of help accompanied wealthy British sightseers on their 18th-century sojourns across the Continent. What was it like to travel as... Read More

After 100 years of exploration and speculation, researchers discover that the legendary map guiding them was fundamentally flawed Read More

To illustrate two and a half centuries of U.S. history, Here & Now is partnering with the Smithsonian Institution to explore 25 objects that... Read More

Americans are more polarized by generation than by race or ideology, research finds Read More

I'll be honest: you got a Washing-ton of smarts if you pass this. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More