Smithsonian 's picks for the best history books of 2024 include The Barn, Eden Undone and The Wide Wide Sea. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary ...

The Lecturer's Art", McDougall often sounds like an Old Testament prophet warning his tribe of divine retribution.

I couldn’t agree more that we need to teach the younger generation the truth about our country’s history, and, of course, that includes the awful treatment of Blacks for over 400 years.

James Loewen's 1995 book explained how history textbooks got the story of America wrong. Now, in a new edition, Loewen champions critical thinking in the age of fake news.

Should We Rewrite American History Books? By Matthew Lynch — April 30, 2014 3 min read Matthew Lynch ...

Liza Mundy ’s newest is a worthy successor to her 2017 best seller, Code Girls, which explored the stories of the unheralded American women who served as code breakers during World War II.