Category: History

Great Heroes and Heroines of Hawaiian Heritage

The image of Hawaii as a beautiful vacation destination obscures a long and complex history for the islands and their

On April 30, 1975, the Communist capture of the city of Saigon brought an end to more than 20 years

A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the

Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United

A companion to Oliver Stone’s ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a people’s history of the

Before the Greeks and Romans, the Celts ruled the ancient world. They sacked Rome, invaded Greece, and conquered much of