There’s more than one way to learn about the Civil War. Ther are books. There is the internet. And then there’s having it ...

A fellow journalist and academic researcher in the UK’s cold-war propaganda efforts describes his experience meeting the late bestselling author.

In World War II, the Naval Academy Class of 1940 lost 76 graduates. Seven of them were aboard the Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941.

Among other things, “1861” portrays the waiting game that Maj. Robert Anderson faced as he commanded Fort Sumter and faced ...