Selected by Jonathan Horn, the author, most recently, of “The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic ...

Eighty years ago, in the final days of World War II, my great-grandfather, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, walked into a place that ...

Stanley Welch reflected on his time in World War II, living in London during the Blitz, and his encounter with former US ...

In 1958, 13 years after World War II ended, the venerable Holocaust survivor and Temple Beth El Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky ...

What are we fighting for? Don’t ask me. I don’t give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam.” — Country Joe McDonald at Woodstock (1969) Fifty years ago today ( ...

In many countries, May 1 is International Workers Day. In the U.S., it's officially a federal holiday known as Loyalty Day, ...

Tuesday marks President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office during his second term. This early period of a president’s term is ...

"It is infrequent when we can commemorate the 80th anniversary of two significant events in American history, separated by ...

In April 1945, as Nazi Germany is on the brink of defeat, the Swedish Red Cross launches the largest rescue operation of World War II ... on to US General Dwight Eisenhower and contained a ...

In coming to grips with the second term of President Donald Trump, many of us made the mistake of assuming — hoping? — that he was just “trash-talking” the world, like a boxer needling his opponents ...

President Trump is facing a dramatic drop in his approval, according to five new polls released Sunday — including one that ...

Douglas Waller gives a detailed and nuanced look at Frank Wisner’s outsize role in U.S. foreign policy and the bipolar ...