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Our government called the terrorist attacks on our country an act of war and replied with a declaration of war on terrorism. What can history teach us about our prospects in such a war?

When terrorists first struck New York’s financial district

Martin Scorsese has drawn on his own youth and his feelings about the past, and has rebuilt 1860s New York, to make a movie about the fight for American democracy. Here, he tells why it is both so hard and so necessary to get history on film.

Forty years ago, Cold War technology and memories of a still-recent World War II combined to make a plastic paradise of great toys which wistful baby boomers can now revisit.

On the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the granddaughter of a Japanese detainee recalls the community he lost and the fight he waged in the Supreme Court to win back the right to earn a living.

The events of 9/11 were horrific, almost beyond comprehension. But when our nation was sorely tried before, it emerged stronger and better than before.

How our technologies are still our allies

Facing a nearly invisible enemy, we all may be subjected to new kinds of government scrutiny. But previous wars suggest that the final result may be greater freedom.