It turns out a mad scientist did actually live in Frankenstein Castle. How similar was his story to Mary Shelley's novel? | Continue reading
A chilling excerpt from the final book in Rick Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy | Continue reading
The steppe nomads invented the operational level of war, with the essential nutrient for their herds dictating where—and when—they fought. | Continue reading
Pulled from the wreckage of his Messerschmitt, Günther Rall was paralyzed, his back broken in three places. Nevertheless, he returned to the air. | Continue reading
On December 25, 1991, Gorbachev resigned and the following day the Soviet Union collapsed. Yet Krikalev remained in space, racing around the Earth 16 times a day, representing a country that no longer existed. | Continue reading
In the opening months of World War II, U.S. submarines were plagued by faulty ordnance. | Continue reading
Recently discovered doctor’s reports prove the general did not use opiates. Time to rewrite some Civil War history. No Civil War commander wounded in the | Continue reading
An aircraft carrier crew struggles for survival in the aftermath of a Japanese strike | Continue reading
When Andy Rooney died in 2011 at age 92, he was probably best known for his folksy, often cranky commentaries for the CBS television program 60 Minutes. | Continue reading
Early on the morning of Sunday, August 16, 1942, a U.S. Navy blimp prepared to take off from Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay to search for enemy | Continue reading
The antebellum army experimented in traveling with the four-legged ships of the desert | Continue reading
When corsairs demanded gold from America in return for peace at sea, Thomas Jefferson sent warships instead | Continue reading