The Needless War With Spain
"The current was too strong, the demagogues too numerous, the fall elections too near"William E. LeuchtenburgFebruary 1957The United States in the 1890’s became aggressive, expansionist, and jingoistic...
View ArticleThe Front Porch Campaign
While Bryan stumped up and down the land, McKinley let the voters come to his lawn in Canton—and they cameMargaret LeechDecember 1959In 1896, the depression which had followed the Panic of ’93 was in...
View ArticleThe Enemies Of Empire
To the question of acquiring new territories overseas, and owning colonies, one group of Americans answered with a resounding “No!”Harold A. LarrabeeJune 1960We know, to the hour and minute, when this...
View ArticleBryan: The Progressives: Part I
exhibit one in a gallery of men who fought the good fight in vainJohn A. GarratyDecember 1961Americans are a proud, ambitious, and hopeful people; they are easily riled when life does not measure up...
View ArticleTaking Sides In The Boer War
The United States remained officially neutral, but many Americans fought alongside both opposing armies and several became legendary heroesByron FarwellApril 1976“I have been absorbed in interest in...
View ArticleUnder Fire In Cuba
A Volunteer’s Eyewitness Account of the War With SpainDecember 1977From the Revolution at least through World War II, American boys hurrying off to war calmed their fear s by believing that their...
View ArticleThe First Hurrah
Presidential candidates stayed above the battle until William Jennings Bryan stumped the nation in 1896; they’ve been in the thick of it ever sinceLouis W. KoenigApril/may 1980The most confident...
View ArticleWhat If?
Conjectural or speculative history can be a silly game, as in “What if the Roman legions had machine guns?” But this historian argues that to enlarge our knowledge and understanding it sometimes makes...
View Article“Little Colonel Funston”
That’s what the newspapers called him, and he spent an increasingly reckless career trying to edit out the adjective. But even winning a war single-handed didn’t get him what he wanted.Mark C....
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