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The Last Campaign: Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War

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The Ultimate Road Trip

On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs.

by H. W. Brands via The Washington Free Beacon on August 27, 2023

Black and white photo of Geronimo

How Grief and Revenge Made Geronimo Into a Legendary War Chief

Before Geronimo met any white Americans or came to think of them as enemies of the Apaches, he spent years fighting Mexicans.

by H. W. Brands via Literary Hub on November 8, 2022

How the Supreme Court Fractured the Nation — and How It Threatens to Do So Again

Abortion and America’s new sectional divide.

by H. W. Brands via Made By History on November 20, 2018

Trump smirking.

Was 2017 the Craziest Year in U.S. Political History?

A dozen historians weigh in.

by Heather Cox Richardson, Jack Rakove, Ron Chernow, Leo P. Ribuffo, David Greenberg, Nicole Hemmer, H. W. Brands, Jacqueline Jones, Adriane Lentz-Smith, Vanessa Walker, Joshua Zeitz, Elizabeth F. Ralph via Politico Magazine on December 29, 2017

Tales of Brave Ulysses

Ulysses S. Grant was overlooked by historians and underestimated by contemporaries. H.W. Brands reevaluates Grant’s presidency.

by H. W. Brands via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 1, 2012

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