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Historians and observers have accused the Trump administration trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign ...

Today marks the 178th anniversary of our Nation’s triumph in the Mexican-American War—a legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted ...

It was a war fueled by colonialism, launched with the intent of humiliating a weaker country, fought in the name of revenge ...

COMMENTARY It's understandable to label today's drug cartels as terrorists — but that still doesn't make U.S. military attacks on them, like last week's in the Caribbean, justifiable under ...

America lost the war in Afghanistan. All the blood and treasure expended was – in the end – largely for naught. I understand why many who fought there might feel differently. It is terribly difficult ...

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

Nor, despite our warning against prediction, did we doubt it would end badly for the South. The North had factories and ...