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1953 – 2025 Onetime allies, the United States and Iran have seen tensions escalate repeatedly in the four decades since the Islamic... Read More

The bloody reprisals against protesters are the culmination of decades in which the regime’s "propensity and ability to use violence" has... Read More

Significant revolutions in world history all have had telltale signs, and we can see them in Iran, writes Simon Sebag Montefiore. Read More

The principles have influenced U.S. foreign policy for centuries. Read More

At the end of the Cold War, Russia and the West seemed set on a path towards cooperation. Why did it veer into renewed animosity? Read More

One hundred seventy-seven B-24 Liberators took off from Libya on August 1, 1943, bound for the Romanian oil refineries at Ploesti. The... Read More

In 1951, the French Explorer Jean Malaurie witnessed the building of a US military base in Greenland in near total secrecy, which marked an... Read More

In an effort to change their fortunes in Russia, the Germans threw much of their best into their Kursk battle. But the Russians were waiting. Read More

The American capitalists behind Soviet industry Read More

A Norwegian rocket launched on 25 January 1995 in order to study the Northern Lights, was mistaken by Russia for an incoming nuclear missile... Read More

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi’s “Send Help,” revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the... Read More

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and complex links with... Read More

Who won the crusades, how many were there, and what caused them? Medieval expert Rebecca Rist answers these major questions, exploring how... Read More

Just some fun facts to impress people with! Read More

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

In January 1986, the launch of space shuttle Challenger ended in tragedy Read More

Iran has been here before. For decades the country has gone through cycles of protest and repression at the hands of the Islamic Republic.... Read More

203 years ago, President James Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere off limits to powerful countries in Europe. Fast forward, and President... Read More

Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public... Read More

With The Silent Service’s First Hero, Ryan Walker gives Naval History lovers something special: The story of a man who defined... Read More

The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) is a historical fiction TV series based on Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories novels and... Read More

While most are celebrating the glories of the American Revolution this year, Joseph J. Ellis’s new book is focused on the darker side... Read More

Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Carter, foresaw the downfall of the Soviet Union when others couldn't because he understood... Read More

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address at 1963’s March on Washington is perhaps the most famous speech in American... Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter never met, never shared a room, or even shook hands. Yet, their lives became deeply intertwined... Read More

Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday" song played an important role in the creation of MLK Day Read More

Long before Greenland entered the equation, the 1956 Suez Crisis became one of the earliest and most significant challenges to US-European... Read More

One’s an invader with his sights set on Greenland, the other … was a viking! Read More

Trump Greenland Plan Explained: As Donald Trump hints at taking over Greenland, history recalls how the US bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. Read More

The American capitalists behind Soviet industry Read More

At Westminster Abbey, over 1,000 years of Christian observance and British royal ceremony are enshrined within a set of medieval walls. After... Read More

His grandfather passed away in 2018. Brendan Gibbons still works to preserve his legacy through collecting and restoring World War II... Read More

Few places rival the legacy of three Virginia towns. Read More

The shallow draft of the longship opened up interior Europe to Viking raiders and enabled them to make swift getaways laden with plunder. Read More

From utopian origins to AI-driven rivals, the "people's encyclopedia" has been shaped by debates over neutrality, expertise and the future of... Read More

Ancient Egypt is defined as the civilization that flourished in North Africa between circa 6000 and 30 BCE – from the Predynastic Period in... Read More

In 1776, the United States of America as we know it declared independence. And from the 18th century to today, the country has had a packed,... Read More

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