Dwight D. Eisenhower

He misrepresented the history of the gym-class test. I know because I served on the council that helped modernize it.

JFK's presidential win in 1960 offers a guide for how Democrats can rebound in 2025.

Before that "giant leap for mankind" Americans weren't so enthusiastic.

He believes in Federalist 70’s “Energy in the Executive.”

Why does the power to launch nuclear weapons rest with a single American?

Red Scare can be read as solid history of the years it depicts—and chilling prophecy of the years to come.

We were warned.

Espionage has always been with us, but its rapid growth over the past century may have undermined trust in government.

He set a new record for the longest continuous speech in the Senate, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s 1957 attempt to prevent the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

The true cost of the immigration policy can be measured in the generations of Chinese Americans who were never born.

The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago is actually two tales and two intertwining histories.

A newly released classified document shows that the National Security Agency knew Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy—and that the government executed her anyway.

What’s going on here, and are we ever going to talk about it?

An Eisenhower-era initiative holds key lessons for Trump’s immigration policy.

Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era.

History can make the U.S. better prepared for the specter of protracted large-scale ground combat, which has grown more real in the wake of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Kamala Harris called Iran a “destabilizing, dangerous force.” The appropriate context for this is the US’s own decades-long history of destabilizing Iran.

The terrific new doc “San Juan Hill” chronicles the 1960s land grab that gave the Metropolitan Opera a home, while scattering longtime residents.

Since the 1950s, the GOP has simplified the causes of inflation in order to blame Democrats.

In 2024, the U.S. faces some of the same challenges in the region that it did in 1954.