This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of “cultural awareness” months in the military service, I immediately wondered what it would mean for the ...

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Discover the significant world events, notable birthdays, and notable deaths that occurred on November 4. Check what happened ...

The United States of America has been at war throughout most of its 250-year existence. From the War of Independence right ...

I interviewed every president since Nixon. Our nation's identity and future have always been on a fierce and extraordinary ...

Next July marks 250 years since a handful of upstart American colonies declared independence from Britain. A war was fought, as we all know, and almost immediately after it was over, Richard Bell ...

Nations are, as the Anglo-Irish historian Benedict Anderson put it, “imagined communities”; they only exist because we ...

Next week, California voters will go to the polls to decide whether the state should authorize mid-decade redistricting to counter gerrymandering in Republican states and keep Democrats competitive in ...

FROM being ravaged by bloody World War I to being carved up by Hitler and Stalin during World War II, Poland endured the ...

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of any official observance of“ cultural awareness” months in ...