More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865 ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America." His latest book covers the period of ...

More than two decades have passed since historian Jay Winik wrote about the end of the Civil War with a book with “April 1865: The Month That Saved America.” His latest book covers the period ...

Former intelligence officers, generals and ex-officials continue to publish propaganda books aimed at promoting military rule and rewriting history.

In "1861: The Lost Peace," Winik covers the lead-up to the first shots being fired at Fort Sumter. The political intrigue ...

Many surveys go over the battle while other sections the book cover the economic and social forces impacting Civil War artillery. Hess begins the book by conceding that the Civil War saw a great ...

By STEVE PFARRER For the Gazette Stephen Platt, who teaches 19th and 20th century Chinese history at the University of ...