Historians rethink North America before colonization, American racial divisions over two centuries and a Persian Empire under steady duress. By Thomas E. Ricks Some wars grind on for centuries, making ...
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America, by Pekka Hämäläinen. Liveright. 576 pages. $40. In the 1630s, the powerful Pequot Confederacy of southern New England found itself beset by ...
As the rise of China pulls the world’s attention to East Asia, Americans are catching up on a relatively unfamiliar part of the world. Although Americans have been seeking their fortunes in Asia since ...