In 1980, a near catastrophe unfolded at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas. The incident brought a ballistic missile, armed with a nuclear warhead sixty times the destructive force of the Hiroshima bomb, perilously close to ex…

She embarked on a mission to preserve a species—ours. This is an intimate portrayal of the woman whose seminal works reshaped humanity's connection to the natural world.

The tale of the nation’s inaugural subway line is one of compelling drama.

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a veteran with a profound engagement with literature and the tenets of the far-right, perpetrated an act of violence that resulted in the deaths of 168 people and injured 675 more.

This is a compelling narrative of the incident that significantly shaped the emergence of the contemporary American militia movement.

When the guns of August opened the first volleys of the Great War in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson pledged to maintain American neutrality. He upheld this commitment for nearly three years, until 1917. The German resumption of "unrestric…

The nation’s passage into the Great War remains a striking episode. The swiftness of its mobilization, and the sweeping changes it necessitated, were essential to America's eventual emergence as a pivotal force in the global struggle.

Autumn of 1918 brought a confluence of events poised to reshape the course of the war. A significant American offensive offered the promise of a rapid conclusion, while deep in the trenches, a U.S. battalion found itself isolated and encirc…