The so-called “culture wars,” though maddeningly difficult to define, have begun to set previously complacent Americans against one another in unexpected ways and to challenge some of the basic goals ...

Mr. Schantz is the author of the just published book, Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death (Cornell University Press, May 2008). Awaiting the Heavenly Country: ...

Mr. Powell, the editor of Laissez Faire Books, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Following is an excerpt from Mr. Powell's controversial new book, FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal ...

Editor's Note: The publication of James Bamford's Body of Secrets has sparked a vigorous debate among historians concerning the attack on the USS Liberty. Following are excerpts from one recent debate ...

Mr. Tygiel, professor of history at San Francisco State University, is author of Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism. IF GOV. ARNOLD Schwarzenegger really wants to"blow up the boxes ...

Following is a list of articles and press releases appearing on HNN that concern bias in the teaching and writing of history. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.

Chip Berlet, senior analyst at Political Research Associates (PRA), is co-author of Right Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort. His most recent study for PRA is titled Toxic to Democracy, ...

Mr. Young is the editor of The Origin of the Second Amendment, a source document collection cited extensively by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in its Emerson decision and also by the Court ...

If you like the service HNN provides, please consider making a donation. As a scholar researching for several decades the migration of United States intellectuals from Left to Right, I have been ...

Is the Ambrose story bigger than it appeared at first? Initially, Ambrose's chief offense seemed to be that he had simply forgotten to put quotation marks around a few select sentences. Now evidence ...

James Bradley author of “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Flyboys” has just published The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War. HNN contributor Aaron Leonard recently sat down with him in New ...