An examination of the once-mighty general's tumultuous last year, 1884-85.

A doomed plan with a momentous legacy.

In a corner of medieval France, one man's stand against the Inquisition.

The real story behind the storied showdown in a Tombstone, Arizona vacant lot.

In one of the Cold War's most resonant skirmishes, Nikita Khruschev  put the new American leadership to the test.

A noted historian of the Third Reich offers "a moral history of the Second World War."

A new history of the fur trade in America puts the trapper at the center of our nation’s emergence onto the world stage.

A new look at the pioneers of women's rights, from Emma Goldman to Ida Tarbell, and their lasting legacy.

After his failed raid on Harper's Ferry, the man some called a traitor and others a hero was brought to a final, sensational trial. Read more...

A history of yoga leads to a history of yogis -- and finds something far more colorful than a lineage of meditation and enlightenment. Read more...

Why did the Berlin Wall fall precisely twenty years ago this month? Or is that even the right question? Read more...