T here is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Ken Rutherford provides an overview of his lecture about the early history of landmines, which were used for the first time on a widespread ...

The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use popular ...

The Civil War was the deadliest conflict ever fought on American soil with approximately 620,000 fatalities, according to History.com. Recent analysis could even suggest these numbers are higher than ...

If the United States went to war with itself again, how would it tear itself apart? That’s the question at the heart of Alex Garland’s new movie “Civil War.” The how, not the why. Written in 2020 and ...