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Wrong Turns In Korea

Author: Robert Dallek

Miscalculations and blunders by world leaders precipitated the Korean War 60 years ago.

The Imperial Congress

Author: Thomas Fleming

An impetuous and sometimes corrupt Congress has often hamstrung the efforts of the president since the earliest days of the republic.

With Little Less Than Savage Fury

Author: Thomas B. Allen

America’s first civil war took place during the Revolution, an ultra-violent, family-splitting, and often vindictive conflict between "patriots" and loyalists.

Was Jefferson Davis Captured in a Dress?

Author: James L. Swanson

A story that the Confederate president donned a petticoat to evade capture emerged right after Union cavalrymen apprehended him in Georgia at war’s end. Is it true?

"Peanuts" Turns 60

Author: Nat Gertler, Amy Schulz Johnson

The lovable gang of kids and a beagle came from the imagination of a man who adored children.