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America's Civil War
Noah Andre Trudeau |
Robert E. Lee's Struggle in the Wilderness As the Union army crossed the Rapidan River to commence its powerful spring offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee scrambled to divine his enemy's intentions. But not even Lee could fully pierce the fog of war.   |
America's Civil War
Kevin Anderson |
Grant's Battle with the Bottle Examining the controversy surrounding Grant and alcohol. |
American History
April 2004
Glenn W. LaFantasie |
King Philip's War: Indian Chieftain's War Against the New England Colonies More than 330 years ago, a great Indian chieftain known as King Philip led a strong native American confederation in a bloody war to obliterate the New England colonies, nearly succeeding in dramatically altering the course of American history. |
Aviation History
Kelly Bell |
Air War Over Iraq In May 1941, British forces were fighting to keep Iraq in Allied hands -- a struggle that belatedly involved German and Italian aircraft as well. |
Aviation History
Ronald Gilliam |
Moye Stephens: Aviation Pioneer and Adventurer Moye Stephens piloted more than 100 types of aircraft and flew around the world in The Flying Carpet. A history of the career of this pilot. |
Aviation History
Radko Vasicek |
When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky Between 1913 and 1931, the Schneider Trophy race inspired some of aviation's greatest designers to devote their talents to building the world's fastest floatplane. |
BusinessWeek
April 5, 2004
John Carey |
Enrico Fermi: Unleashing The Atom The Italian physicist made the key theoretical leap that led to the atom bomb and nuclear power. A history of Enrico Fermi. |
IDB America
March 2004
Roger Hamilton |
Haunting sounds of love A history of the flute and why it's played. |
Science News
March 27, 2004 |
From the March 24, 1934, issue Used to Shooting From Hip, Plainsman Snaps Meteorite... Triple-Weight Element Made as Atoms Yield Energy... Aluminum Mirror is Superior for Movie Photography... |
World War II
Frank J. O'Rourke |
A Gliderman Across the Rhine Gliding into the teeth of the German Rhine defenses during Operation Varsity in March 1945, members of the 17th Airborne Division found there was still plenty of fight left in the enemy. |
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