Stephen Platt

t all began on Memorial Day, May 31, 1921. Around or after 4:00 p.m. that day, a clerk at...

Overall, Tulsa in 1921 was considered a modern, vibrant city. What had fueled this remark...

Aside from George Washington, many Americans are likely able to name just as many foreign...

Among all the various figures in 19th century America who left controversial legacies, i...

Since several large city-states such as Milan and Venice growing rich on the prosperous M...

“These people of Greek descent were called Etruscans, and it has been discovered th...

The proud Virginian entered the war in uncertain times, and there were understandable dou...

The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenou...

The Pan-Hellenic Games is the collective term for the four major sports festivals held i...

On the evening of May 17, 1980, a day before the Peruvian electorate, the most representa...

The Holy Roman Empire was a fascinating institution as well as one of the most perplexin...

Among America’s most infamous “Public Enemies,” perhaps the most uniqu...

Artillery and handgonnes had been known since the early 14th century but only became effe...

“No one does more harm in the Church than he who has the title or rank of holiness...

For nearly a thousand years following its foundation, there was only one Christian Church...

A history of the Tatar peoples covers a huge expanse of territory, time, and the rise an...

In 1938, the Soviet Union film company Mosfilm released the motion picture Alexander Nev...

After D-Day had all but sealed the Allied victory, Stalin’s Red Army became more a...