"The past is another country; they do things differently there."Inward Empire explores the role of ideas and ideology in American history --... more
In 1968, Jerry Rubin was sure that the baby boomers were the vanguard of a second American Revolution. A leader... more
In November 1963, a faction of South Vietnamese generals overthrew and assassinated Ngo Dinh Diem with the support of the... more
After destroying his rivals in the Battle of Saigon, President Diem sets out to build a new nation in South... more
In the 1950s, most Americans viewed the Cold War as a battle between freedom and tyranny. There was just one... more
Back in Saigon in 1954, Ngo Dinh Diem becomes premier of a country shattered by war and partition. With reunification... more
For nine years at the height of the Cold War, America's global crusade against communism rested on the shoulders of... more
After sending the Molly Maguires to the scaffold in 1877, Pinkerton's National Detective Agency plunged headlong into America's labor conflict.... more
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency was 19th-century America's premier private police force, the leader of a flourishing industry that offered solutions... more
In a country as big and diverse as America, stories are crucially important to our sense of common identity. But... more
When a railroad employee walks off the job in Baltimore, it triggers a violent chain of events that engulfs the... more
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