World War II ended in the Pacific with the first and only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. The widely popular decision to use the bomb at the time has become fodder for historians to debate in ...

As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty. Harry S. Truman looks over a campaign ...

In war, the deaths of civilians and combatants are unfortunately inevitable. Today, 80 years after the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki, debate still continues over their use, ...

Eighty years ago, on July 17, 1945, the last of the Second World War’s “Big Three” conferences was convened at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in the Cecilienhof Palace. The key issues discussed and ...

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, served from 1945 to 1953. He is remembered for decisive leadership during the closing months of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, ...