This violent act of erasure sought to both delegitimize and eradicate queer and transgender people from history itself. Milo Todd’s breathtaking debut, “The Lilac People,” unearths an essential ...

With World War II on the horizon, animal keepers in cities around the world had to face one question: What would happen to ...

An extraordinary and at times overwhelming amount of detail is packed into this enthralling history of espionage and intrigue surrounding the papacy since the start of World War II.

Robert Edsel doesn’t see himself as an author. More accurately, the New York Times-bestselling writer whose 2009 book, ...

He said his work and research, which he recorded on a timeline, revealed interesting details about his father, Michael Thomas ...

Fights over how American history is taught. Labels of “communist” and “socialist” used to smear. Civil rights gains seen as a ...

The book tells the true story of Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the highest-ranking American POW of World War II. Dana Perino: Who ...

For millennia, brutal acts of mass violence against enemy soldiers and civilians were commonplace. Here the editors consider 11 troubling case studies of such extreme violence by English and British ...

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for Women's History Month.