For Barbara Beirne, being a photographer meant building a relationship of trust and collaboration with her subjects and using ...

In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...

The soldiers were young and inexperienced, most in their teens or early twenties. In the North, they were farmers and factory ...

324,000 aircraft 88,000 tanks 8,800 warships 5,600 merchant ships 224,000 pieces of artillery 2,382,000 trucks 79,000 landing ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their ...

At Cold Harbor, Grant launched a furious assault against what he thought was a tired and beaten enemy—and suffered a bloody ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...