These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

In “The Book at War,” Pettegree, a professor of modern history at Scotland’s University of St Andrews, explores how printed media has shaped people in relation to conflict. Books and war, he ...

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

The best Vietnam War books from Tim O’Brien, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and others offer new insights and perspectives into the conflict that you probably never got from history class.

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War.

Tehran’s Inability to understand this war is not unique in history. Countries have walked into wars in the past and been surprised by their enemies. For instance, Mexico’s Santa Anna lost in the Texas ...

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PICTURE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, edited by David G. McCullough; text by C. L. Sulzberger. 640 pages. Simon & Schuster. $20 (deluxe edition: $25).There are at least 14.9 ...

Local historian is turning his collection and homegrown war lore into a book. Local Civil War history is told partially through the relics, like these at the Winery at Bull Run, Photo by Mike Salmon .

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45. By Barbara W. Tuchman (1971) 2. “There will never be a single work of history with me in it,” Joseph Stilwell wrote years before World ...

The real history: Most think of Alan Turing cracking the Enigma Code when it comes to World War II code breakers, but more than 10,000 women also served for the U.S. Army and Navy in that capacity.