History Now Essay The Zimmermann Telegram and American Entry into World War I Michael S. Neiberg World History 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The fact that the telegram before him bore Arthur Zimmermann’s name made its contents that much harder for Walter Hines Page to believe. Page was the American ambassador to Great Britain and on a cold London morning in late February... Appears in: 31 | Perspectives on America’s Wars Spring 2012
History Now Essay "Dear Miss Cole": World War I Letters of American Servicemen Phillip Papas World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ "Received your package," Pvt. George Van Pelt of Company I, 165th Infantry wrote in May 1918 from the frontlines in France to Annie E. Cole, a grammar school teacher and principal on Staten Island, New York, and to her students. "I... Appears in: 43 | Wartime Memoirs and Letters from the American Revolution to Vietnam Fall 2015
History Now Essay "The Strange Spell That Dwells in Dead Men’s Eyes": The Civil War, by Brady Harold Holzer Art "[T]he dead of the battle-field come up to us very rarely, even in dreams." So admitted the New York Times just a month after it had reported the grisly slaughter of 3,650 Union and Confederate troops at the Battle of Antietam. On a... Appears in: 45 | American History in Visual Art Summer 2016
History Now Essay Lincoln’s Civil Religion George C. Rable Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ His long-time law partner William Herndon once described Abraham Lincoln as "the most shut-mouthed man who ever lived." That phrase wonderfully captured an important characteristic of a politician who had surprisingly few friends and... Appears in: Lincoln