In WWI more than 10,000 nurses served near the Western Front, many at front-line medical stations. But they served without ...

Throughout most of its nearly 250-year history, the United States has been involved in conflict somewhere on Earth. While US history frequently casts a positive light on the nation’s wars and other ...

Determined to acquire the land, Polk sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war.

The terrorist strikes of September 11, 2001, supposedly launched a new kind of American war, with unfamiliar foes, unlikely alliances, and unthinkable tactics. But the language deployed to interpret ...

“The American tradition has always been that once our troops are committed to battle, the full power and means of the nation should be mobilized and dedicated to fight for victory—not for stalemate or ...

Eugene Debs at the US Penitentiary in Atlanta. (Courtesy of the National Archives) With the exception of the Second World War, every military conflict in which the United States has taken part has ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Throughout history, war has been processed, glorified, and protested ...

The American Civil War is a pivotal and ugly moment in American history, but it's more misunderstood than you would think. We're breaking down some myths about Lincoln, women soldiers, racist ...