An engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of Knights of the Golden Circle. [Library of Congress] In the summer of 1859, several stock actors ...

John Willingham holds an M.A. in American history from the University of Texas, Austin. He has been a Texas government employee for 25 years. He is now retired and lives in Portland, Oregon.

In Atlantis In America: Navigators of the Ancient World Ivar Zapp and I proposed that when the identities of the first Americans were finally known that they would likely turn out to be South ...

Mr. Fleming's new book, The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I, was published by Basic Books on June 1. He is a member of the corporate board of HNN. Once upon a time -- in 1920, to be ...

Fawaz Damra, the Palestinian-born leader of Ohio's largest mosque, was convicted recently of lying about his connections to terrorist organizations when he applied for U.S. citizenship. As a ...

Mr. Rees is Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University - Pueblo. He is the author of MANAGING THE MILLS: LABOR POLICY IN THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY DURING THE NONUNION ERA ...

Ms. Muir is the author of Reflections in Bullough’s Pond: Economy and Ecosystem in New England. The working title of her current project is: What Good is a Nation; A Clear-Eyed Look at Nations ...

Mr. Gould, professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, is writing a history of the Senate in the twentieth century. Alan Keyes, the Republican senatorial candidate in Illinois, has ...

Mr. Finkelstein teaches political science at DePaul University in Chicago. He is the author of four books including most recently, The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish ...

Mr. Shenkman is the editor of HNN. Mr. Burstein is the author of the book, Jefferson's Secrets. In your book you look at Jefferson’s last years, the most neglected of his life. When did you ...

Famed CBS reporter Walter Cronkite recalls covering the Nuremberg war crimes trials in 1945. We hear some of the dramatic coverage -- and how the trials still echo in the events of today.

Mr. Cole is professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian History at the University of Michigan and author of Sacred Space and Holy War (I.B. Tauris, 2002). One of the justifications U.S. hawks give ...