Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once...
1917 Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
This is the story of two men, and the two decisions, that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson's entry into World War One and Lenin's Bolshevik...
How the Scots Invented the Modern World The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the...
To Rule the Waves How the British Navy Changed the Modern World
To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings...
1917: Lenin, Wilson, And The Birth Of The New World Disorder
This is the story of two men, and the two decisions, that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson’s entry into World War One and Lenin’s...
Joseph McCarthy Re-Examining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator
Was Joe McCarthy a bellicose, shameless witch hunter who whipped up hysteria, ruined the reputation of innocents, and unleashed a destructive carnival of smears and...
