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At Los Alamos

By Jeremy Bernstein

The physicists who developed The Bomb could scarcely contain their fascination with it, as Jeremy Bernstein ...

Mr. Dooley Now and Forever

By Finley Peter Dunne

This fictitious Chicago Irish barkeep viewed life 100 years ago with biting truths and witty appraisals, ...

Peanuts, Popcorn & American Presidents

By Ray Robinson

Ray Robinson surveys the presidential attitude toward baseball since the early 20th century, separating the enthusiasts ...

Dirty War

By Lisa Lieberman

The brutal struggle for independence in French Algeria ripped apart French society and became a shameful ...

Wounded Knee 1973: Still Bleeding

By Stew Magnuson

The 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee by American Indians, defying the U.S. government, provoked anger that ...

Mostly He Won

By Jeremy Bernstein

A tale of large personalities involved in an intense, brainy competition—the Fischer-Spassky 1972 world championship chess ...

The Art of Money-Getting

By P.T. Barnum

A plum for young men on the rise, from the most gifted advocate for the Gospel ...

The Hundred Days' War

By William E. Leuchtenburg

Roosevelt battles the Great Depression with the most furious period of legislative activity in American history.

The Revolt of Henrik Ibsen

By Robert Brustein

The distinguished critic Robert Brustein explores the impact of Ibsen on the modern theater.

Family Intervention, Ku Klux Klan Style

By Thomas R. Pegram

In the 1920s a reborn Ku Klux Klan focused not on racial matters but on social ...