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Dividing the Spoils
In a new book, historian Michael Beschloss re-creates the 1945 Potsdam Conference at which Harry Truman found his presidential voice and determined the shape of postwar Europe
December 2002 |
By Michael Beschloss
Pieces of History
Raised from the deep, the Monitor's turret reveals a bounty of new details about the ship's violent end
November 2002 |
By Wendy Mitman Clarke
Monumental Achievement
Our 2002 profile of architect Maya Lin that marked the 20th year of the Vietnam Memorial
November 01, 2002 |
By Robert F. Howe
Learning from the Missile Crisis
What Really Happened on Those Thirteen Fateful Days in October
October 2002 |
By Max Frankel
Covert Force
Hundreds of women fought in the civil war disguised as men
October 2002 |
By Robert F. Howe
Uncommon Valor
When two Naval officers entered the inferno of the Pentagon's west flank to search for survivors, they put their own lives on the line
September 2002 |
By Ken Ringle
Odd DUKW
On land and in the water, World War II's amphibian workhorse showed the skeptics a thing or two now it shows tourists the sights
August 2002 |
By Thomas B. Allen
They Turned the Tide
Members of the Doolittle Raiders celebrate the 60th anniversary of the U.S. answer to pearl harbor
August 2002 |
By Robert F. Howe
Torpedoed!
In a new book on the 1915 sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania, historian Diana Preston presents fresh findings about the atrocity and draws on recently discovered interviews with survivors to bring the terrible human drama to life
May 2002 |
By Diana Preston
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Blending statecraft and sport, table tennis matches between American and Chinese athletes set the stage for Nixon's breakthrough with the People's Republic
April 2002 |
By David A. DeVoss
Gods and Moguls
After the events of September 11, even historical fiction takes on new meaning. Just ask Ted Turner
February 2002 |
By Stephanie Mansfield
Any Bonds Today?
When Uncle Sam passed the hat in World War II, Americans came up with $185 billion to buy U.S. bonds
February 2002 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Our Flag Was Still There
It's the star-spangled banner; the anthem it inspired plays on as a musical salute to the stars and stripes
July 2000 |
By Edwards Park
A Symbol That Failed
In 1918, a hopeful France gave Mrs. Wilson a peace brooch, but peace eluded her husband and the world
January 1998 |
By Edwards Park
John Brown's Picture
A long-lost daguerrotype, made by a black artist in 1847, has lately come to rest at the Smithsonian
August 1997 |
By Edwards Park
The Object at Hand
A young war-horse helped Phil Sheridan win the day in the Shenandoah Valley and, made famous by a poem, helped Abraham Lincoln win re-election
November 1996 |
By John Fleischman
The Dying Tecumseh
A sculpture in the Smithsonian collection reveals much about how the Indians of the West were viewed in the early ages of the United States
July 1995 |
By Bil Gilbert
Again and again in World War II, blood made the difference
In 1940 the hard-driving Harvard biochemist Edwin Cohn broke plasma down into its different proteins and saved millions of soldiers' lives
March 1995 |
By Douglas Starr
