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Kansas City’s Union Station opened 100 years ago next month, a grand, 850,000-square-foot edifice that saw as many as 678,000-plus rail passengers...

A little more than a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, John Herbst, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and current senior director of t...

Military historian Geoff Babb of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College examines the historical twists and turns of America’s military relati...

Trade between the U.S. and China began in 1794 and the two future superpowers saw their first military engagement several decades later, when American...

Military historian Brian Steed of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts the history-altering c...

In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...

Harry S. Laver of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College recounts a critical juncture in the Civil War: the...

The Southeast Asian country of the Philippines became an American colony in 1898. Today it is a key ally in the Indo-Pacific. Geoff Babb, military his...

Just northeast of Australia is Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands. From August 1942 through February 1943, it was the staging ground for...

Harry S. Truman’s relationship with Canada has received limited attention from historians. But the 33rd president’s appreciation for our “good neig...