Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), thirty-third president of the United States, led America's transition from wartime to peacetime economy, forged the Truman doctrine, and made the decision to defend South Korea against Communist invasion. Harry...

Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964), thirty-first president of the United States, could not halt the severest economic depression in American history because his governmental theories prevented him from taking drastic steps. On Aug. 10, 1874,...

Life in Berlin means living with history, especially the legacy of the city's Nazi past. The years 1933 to 1945, when Berlin was the capital of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich—Berliners call it the "brown past"— continue to define th...

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were periods of questioning and searching for truth. The practice of challenging traditional institutions, including the Church, was revolutionary. Individuals began to use reason to guide their actio...

Mongolia has two histories, one before the Mongols emerged as a distinct people, and one after. Before the Mongols, the area of today's Mongolia was host to a variety of cultures, some directly ancestral to the Mongols, some not. Th...

The United States today is one of the most democratic, industrialized and economically advanced nations in the world. The liberty of American citizens goes unmatched by any other nation. The first two decades of the 19th century laid some...

The culture, lifestyle, and direction of America that resulted from the 1960's were, without question, a unique chapter in its history. However, this can be said of all reform movements throughout American history. It is because of this t...

For the Nazis, the development of Germany's youth was an integral part of their policies and indeed of their ideology1. It was essential for the regime to win the loyalty of the next generation if the Third Reich was to survive1. Through th...

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 was a major turning point in the history of that island nation. Before the revolution, Cuba's economy revolved around the cultivation of sugar, tobacco, and tropical fruits, most of which were sold to the United...