World War II Led to a Revolution in Cartography. These Amazing Maps Are Its Legacy.

How Gin Made British Colonialism Possible

The Battle in Ukraine Means Everything

Northern Ireland's Troubles Are Over. But That Doesn't Mean I Am at Peace.

Thomas Jefferson Was a Muslim

These Newsreels Tell the History of the 20th Century

Ukrainian Extremists Will Only Triumph if Russia Invades

Celebrating LBJ Amounts to Imperial Myopia

I'm OK With Calling LBJ a "Liberal Hero" (and No, I'm Not Ignoring Vietnam)

The National Women's History Museum Needs to Focus on Getting a Museum Built

The National Women's History Museum Apparently Doesn't Much Care for Women's Historians

The World Is Much Safer Than 20th-Century Historians Would Have You Believe

The Evolution of the Death Penalty in One Map

How the Horrors of Crimea Shaped Tolstoy

'Youth Bias' Makes Us Think the Most Important Events Happen When We're Young

The Historical Analogy That Should Have Ukraine's Revolutionaries Very Worried

Sochi Is Haunted by the Ghosts of a Forgotten Genocide

What Really Happened at the Battle of Waterloo

What Can 1914 Tell Us About 2014?

Will the Next World War Start in the Middle East?