Sun City' offers evidence that widespread isolation began long before Americans became absorbed in their phones.

Among the millions of World War II veterans were seven future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...

Tilly Laskey has been a curator at the Maine Historical Society for 10 years. She’s created a platform for other curators or ...

Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was ...

American Mother,' Diane Foley's and Colum McCann's story of Foley’s life and that of her son, James Foley, is written with a mother’s love, her eventual understanding of hostage situations and her ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

“Guam: The Battle for an American Island in World War II,” is No. 8 on James Hallas’ well-regarded list of titles covering ...

A review of content taught at the Department of Defense Education Activity schools has resulted in restrictions of lessons on ...

Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...