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See Sun Tzu's strategy in action during a critical component of the Allied invasion of Normandy.

Go through Machiavelli's book of tactics and his recommendation for Florentine military rulers.

Discover Machiavelli's philosophy of circumstances and his recipe for military action.

Experience the battles of Jena and Auerstedt during the Napoleonic Wars.

Explore the transformation of war using America's war in Afghanistan as an example.

Explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and its adversaries.

Discover how five contemporary technologies redefined the rules of battle.

Explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.

Look at Franklin's unfinished autobiography, in which he created a persona for others to follow.

Meet Franklin's parents and siblings, learn the story of his wife and first-born son, and more.

Delve into the Boston of the time to witness the events Franklin experienced in his youth.

Discover how the city of Philadelphia shaped Franklin'and how Franklin shaped the city.

Examine three key periods of U.S. intelligence before the birth of the CIA.

Learn how the CIA transformed from an intelligence agency to housing a premier covert-action unit.

Discover how the CIA failed to rein in the growing emphasis on covert operations.

Ponder who was most responsible for Mohammad Mosaddeq's fall from power.

How did the American West come into being, and how was it shaped by myth?

To understand the American West, you have to understand the mark left by its earliest colonists.

After the Revolutionary War, how was land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi organized?

Follow the fascinating journey of the two explorers who mapped the Louisiana Purchase.

Start your journey with a closer look at why battlefields matter.

Take a tour of Henry House Hill, where the Union line collapsed, then follow the Union retreat across the Stone Bridge.

On June 25, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's newly christened Army of Northern Virginia launched a series of battles.

Go back to Bull Run for a second battle that saw the dazzling movements of Lee's lieutenants, James Longstreet and Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson.

Look at Franklin's unfinished autobiography, in which he created a persona for others to follow.

Meet Franklin's parents and siblings, learn the story of his wife and first-born son, and more.

Delve into the Boston of the time to witness the events Franklin experienced in his youth.

Discover how the city of Philadelphia shaped Franklin'and how Franklin shaped the city.

Examine three key periods of U.S. intelligence before the birth of the CIA.

Learn how the CIA transformed from an intelligence agency to housing a premier covert-action unit.

Discover how the CIA failed to rein in the growing emphasis on covert operations.

How did the American West come into being, and how was it shaped by myth?

To understand the American West, you have to understand the mark left by its earliest colonists.

After the Revolutionary War, how was land between the Appalachians and the Mississippi organized?

Follow the fascinating journey of the two explorers who mapped the Louisiana Purchase.

Start your journey with a closer look at why battlefields matter.

Take a tour of Henry House Hill, where the Union line collapsed, then follow the Union retreat across the Stone Bridge.

On June 25, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's newly christened Army of Northern Virginia launched a series of battles.

Go back to Bull Run for a second battle that saw the dazzling movements of Lee's lieutenants, James Longstreet and Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson.

Look at Franklin's unfinished autobiography, in which he created a persona for others to follow.

Meet Franklin's parents and siblings, learn the story of his wife and first-born son, and more.

Delve into the Boston of the time to witness the events Franklin experienced in his youth.

Discover how the city of Philadelphia shaped Franklin'and how Franklin shaped the city.

Examine three key periods of U.S. intelligence before the birth of the CIA.

Learn how the CIA transformed from an intelligence agency to housing a premier covert-action unit.

Discover how the CIA failed to rein in the growing emphasis on covert operations.

Ponder who was most responsible for Mohammad Mosaddeq's fall from power.