Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail? In Lost Triumph, Tom Carhart offers a bold and provocative new assessment. Agree or disagree, it… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at its grittiest.… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
Why did John Wilkes Booth do it? In My Thoughts Be Bloody young historian Nora Titone is one of the few to have genuinely… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
Few generals were as brilliant as Robert E. Lee and few battles as titanic -- and puzzling -- as Gettysburg. Why did Lee fail?… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
“(Jefferson) was deeply suspicious of Hamilton's assumption plan (by which the nation would assume responsibility for the states' individual war debts.) He feared this… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
“And where abolitionists preached slavery as a violation against the higher law, Southerners angrily countered with their own version of the deity, that it… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
“But where Lincoln’s absent hand was felt most keenly was in race relations. Black codes were passed in state after state across the South—as… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
