An animated map showing a history of developments in the Mideast prior to the outbreak of World War I, with links to accompanying articles.

The revolts of ‘Arab Spring’ across the Mideast challenge the UN, NATO and the US, as the application of indecisive military force in the internal rebellions will surely have second- and third-order effects.

Author Peter Suciu examines the similarities between the 1848 revolutions in Europe and those taking place in the Middle East today.

Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt may have first used the term he popularized, ‘Walk softly and carry a big stick,’ in this letter written while he was governor of New York.

March 30, 2011, has been officially designated “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day.”

Animated map of the voyage of Ferdinand de Magellan and his crew, 1519 – 1522, with link to an article reportedly written by a member of that voyage.

John R. Hale’s book ‘Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy’ has a strong exposition of the Peloponnesian War, and deftly handles its ebbs and flows and the disastrous military defeats.

Egypt’s embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, has handled power to the military and stepped down.

ABC-Clio is seeking writers for Germany at War, a three-volume encyclopedia that will cover German military history from the Thirty Years War to today.

Eleven Lebanese cabinet members resigned to protest a United Nations-backed tribunal that is expected to indict members of Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of a prime minister.

Nazis obsessed over a Finnish dog that seemed to mock Hitler by giving the Nazi salute.

Modern additions to what may be the only documented Underground Railroad station remaining in Manhattan has sparked a fight between preservationists, city departments and the building’s owner.

The Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library in Springfield, Illinois, recently acquired a previously unknown photo of of Abraham and Mary Lincoln’s mischievous son Tad.

Google Maps recently inflamed border disputes between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but those disputes are nearly two centuries old.

The NFL and Pat Tillman Foundation announced the first recipient of the NFL-Tillman Military Scholarship.

Legendary quarterback Roger Staubach talks in an exclusive interview about football, the US Naval Academy, his service in Vietnam, and how the ‘Hail Mary Pass’ got its name.