Killing Margaret Thatcher
In the early hours of October 12, 1984, a bomb detonated inside the Grand Hotel in Brighton, ripping through the building just feet from where British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was sleeping. Th...
20 Jan 11min
America's Century of Foreign Regime Change
For more than a century, the United States has played a decisive—often secretive—role in the rise and fall of governments around the world. From Cold War coups and covert CIA operations to regime chan...
19 Jan 11min
The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire
In the early 13th century, a nomadic warrior from the windswept steppes of Central Asia forged the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever known. Under Genghis Khan and his successors, the M...
18 Jan 11min
Kosciuszko's Last Will and Jefferson's Broken Promise
When Tadeusz Kościuszko, the Polish patriot and Revolutionary War hero, wrote his final will, he entrusted it to one man he believed shared his ideals of liberty: Thomas Jefferson. The will was explic...
17 Jan 11min
Conversations: Unmasking Thomas Jefferson? w/ Andrew Burstein
In this episode of History Shorts, we sit down with acclaimed historian Andrew Burstein to discuss his newest book, Being Thomas Jefferson, a deeply human portrait of one of America's most complex fou...
16 Jan 26min
History's Most "Unkillable" Soldier: Adrian Carton de Wiart
Shot through the face. Blinded in one eye. His hand shattered so badly he tore off his own fingers. Survived plane crashes. Escaped a prisoner-of-war camp. Fought in three major wars across four conti...
15 Jan 10min
Morristown 1779: The Winter That Nearly Ended the Revolution
The winter of 1779–1780 was the coldest the American colonies had seen in generations, and for George Washington and the Continental Army, it was a season of hunger, mutiny, and near collapse. Encampe...
14 Jan 8min
Voltaire and Frederick's Messy Friendship
In the 18th century, two of Europe's most formidable intellects believed they had found a kindred spirit in each other. One was a king who dreamed of ruling through reason. The other was the era's sha...
13 Jan 9min
