George Forster (1754-94), the German-Polish polymath, was in every sense a late Enlightenment prodigy. He was just ten years ...
Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider ...
A tiny, mismanaged island remade hemispheres for decades. Now it is dying. The myth, unfortunately, will outlast the wreckage ...
Why should Americans care for a movie about a Catholic monarchist freedom fighter resisting the French Revolution in the ...
Today, the United States is facing a shortage of ammunition. But this situation is nothing new, and a similar sort of ...
The exhibition is organized to recreate the glorious historical journey of the Vietnamese nation, from the establishment of the Viet Bac revolutionary base to the great victory of Dien Bien Phu ...
Lincolnshire physician Francis Willis is remembered as a pioneer, but did his methods really work?
French first ladies always look to showcase their country's fashion and luxury prowess. Their American counterparts take a ...
The discovery of remains from the Revolution and the Civil War happens with surprising frequency at battlefields and hospital ...
French historian Benjamin Stora has sharply criticized President Emmanuel Macron’s approach toward Algeria, describing it as “inconsistent” and ill-suited to managing relations with a country whose ...
The American Revolution was linked to a surge of working-class political activity on both sides of the Atlantic. The struggle ...
Two “Weather kids” reckon with the unyielding political convictions that compromised their parents’ domestic duties.