USA

American Romantic Reform

Wallace Brown describes how, during the decades before the Civil War, the United States abounded in religious reformers and perfectionists.

James Gordon Bennett, 1795-1872

Peter Petrie profiles an American journalistic pioneer, the founder and first editor of the New York Herald newspaper.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert and American Colonization

Richard C. Simmons describes how a land-owners’ colony, rather than a military settlement, was Gilbert’s aim.

Custer and the Indian Massacre, 1868

Henry I. Kurtz describes how subduing the Indians of the Plains was one of the chief tasks of the United States Army after the close of the Civil War.

Meat and Medicine in Early New England

Ann Leighton explains how food, folklore, and tradition all influenced the pilgrims' battle against disease.

The Paris Peace Conference, Part II

Norman Bentwich analyses the diplomatic battle between the Soviet Union and the Western Powers that gradually came into the open in Paris in 1946, and foreshadowed the Cold War.

Waddell’s War on the Whalers

Tom H. Inkster describes how, nearly four months after the collapse of the Confederacy, a gallant Confederate naval officer was still bent on the destruction of Union shipping.

Hollywood Accused

Roger Hudson tells the story behind a gathering of glamorous movie stars in Washington DC in October 1947.

The Relief of Fort Pitt, August 1763

Henry I. Kurtz describes how, in 1763, the Conspiracy of Pontiac led to an Indian rebellion aimed at ousting the British from their newly won North American territories.