Thucydides’s account, History of the Peloponnesian War, is considered a classic, as well as being one of the earliest known ...

Though the Korean War started on this day 65 years ago—June 25, 1950—when North Korean tanks crossed the 38th parallel, the boundary with South Korea, TIME’s reporting from the following week reveals ...

Confederate Prisoners Being Conducted from Jonesborough to Atlanta by Kara Walker, 2005, from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated ...

In June 1950, President Harry Truman ordered a naval blockade of the Korean coast and authorized Gen. Douglas MacArthur to send U.S. ground troops into Korea. During the three-year war, history would ...

Betty, an 1812 pirate, and her husband Mike, a Confederate soldier, participate in reenactments that bring history to life. First, let's learn about Betty the Pirate. She's a special education teacher ...

Adam Goodheart's new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, has been widely reviewed as a kind of quirky history, a focused look at "the more obscure corners of antebellum America," as the New York ...

With the exception of the march across the Philippine island of Luzon, the battle of Okinawa was the only major American land campaign in the Pacific during World War II. Launched on Easter Sunday, ...

Giddy up: Horizon: An American Saga, out in theaters on June 28, is a new Western set in the Civil War-era by Kevin Costner, who directed, co-wrote, produced, and starred in the movie. Horizon: An ...

This holiday period you can grab a free issue of History of War magazine! Plus, save up to 33% with our fantastic print and digital subscription deals. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

ABOUT twenty years ago, Oliver Wendell Holmes in a letter to his friend Sir Frederick Pollock had something to say about Charles A. Beard’s Economic Interpretation of the Constitution. Beard, said ...

History is dying on college campuses. At least, that’s the assessment of some leading historians. Majors are plummeting and students are leaving college without a firm grasp of the foundations of the ...