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Who Stole This Iconic Portrait of Winston Churchill?
Since 1998 the original print, shot by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh, has hung on the hotel wall of Fairmont Château Laurier. That is, until recently.
Salmon P. Chase: President Lincoln’s Frenemy
A review of Walter Stahr's exhaustive biography of 'Lincoln's vital rival.'
How One Civil War Widow Revolutionized Health Care
This ‘Wisconsin Angel’
championed important changes in hospital care.
He Went From Mowing FDR’s Lawn to the Battle of the Bulge: One Man’s WWII Odyssey
Ralph J. Osterhoudt, 96, recalls his Hyde Park youth, and fighting through France and Germany.
The British Blunders That Led the Soviets to Make a Deal With the Germans
Were the Allies really stabbed in the back by the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939?
Rome’s Final War Against Carthage
Rome made sure its worst historical foe would never rise again.
5 Wild Westerns With New Mexico Ties
Some deal with Billy the Kid's lively times in the territory — no kidding!
Read an Excerpt From Sinclair McKay’s ‘Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World’
The British author's latest book is an exploration of struggle — and survival — in Germany's capital during World War II's final days.