Beyond

We're supposed to celebrate one of the weirdest artifacts of the Cold War.

Building the Panama Canal.

The anxiety about “Mexicanization” that ran through Reconstruction-Era politics, as Americans saw disturbing political parallels with their southern neighbor.

A bracing and eccentric epic of espionage and hippos.

The transatlantic convergence of two revolutionaries.

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the making of 9/11.

How does the global effort to eradicate smallpox fit into the history of U.S.-Soviet relations?

Rewriting the past by adding in what's been left out.

This digital memorial raises questions about the largest slave trades in history and offers access to the documentation available to answer them.

Debating torture and counterinsurgency—a century ago.

How historians have understood Africa and the Black diaspora in global conversations about race and identity.

Edward Bernays and the colonial adventures of the United Fruit Company.

Even within itself, the China trade was a complex, multisided, many-splendored thing.

Rumors of a link between Prescott Bush and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. They were right.

For the players in the First World War, the goal was not to prevail but to avoid being seen as the loser.

The self-confidence that kept Columbus going was his undoing.

George Kennan discusses the steps that are being taken in regards to the conflict with Iraq and questions President Bush's strategy.

Bush’s 2002 State of the Union address kicked off a war that continued well into the 21st century.

Ford Motor Company claims its Cologne plant was confiscated by Nazis, but newly discovered documents and correspondence prove otherwise.

President Clinton’s address revealed the strength of NATO and publicly signaled a post-Cold War shift in U.S. foreign policy.

Jews have long been feared as the power behind inexplicable evils. Responsibility for the African slave trade has recently been added to this list of crimes.

Documenting U.S. policy toward Iraq for more than two decades.

The question of whether or not one served, or was willing to serve, or would be willing to serve, goes deeper than name-calling and allegations of draft dodging.

Why the rifles jammed.

Carter’s speech heralded a dramatic shift in foreign policy toward a policy of containment of Soviet influence.

The Shah’s reign witnessed years of oppression against the Iranian people, and Carter’s toast added fuel to the fire.

Carter’s speech lays out his commitment to implement human rights into U.S. foreign policy.

A Californian politician's disastrous expedition to seize Mexican land, and how newspapers spun the story.

A first-person account of Fidel Castro during a monumental moment in history.