Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi’s Killing Fields

The author brings to light the active participation of half a million women in the Fuehrer's brutal and inhumane regime.

Thank You for Your Service

Home after their deployments, the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion struggle with their day-to-day lives in this moving and graphic follow-up to The Good Soldiers.

Jane Austen’s England: Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

This social history documents a broader picture of life behind the literary curtain of the celebrated author’s novels.

Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877

An ambitious look at three critical decades in US history.

Let Freedom Ring

Kitty Kelley

Let Freedom Ring

On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Stanley Tretick's iconic images evoke powerful memories of this historic day.

Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty, and the Mad-Doctors in England

A look at mental illness in the Victorian Age touches on modern issues of how to balance personal autonomy with social obligation.

Scott McGaugh

Surgeon in Blue: Jonathan Letterman, the Civil War Doctor Who Pioneered Battlefield Care

Innovations in US Army medical care began with one reserved Civil War doctor, Jonathan Letterman, who crafted and implemented vital policy on the care of our war wounded.

Judith Flanders

The Invention of Murder

The “ripped from the headlines” tales of Law & Order have a strong tradition in grisly crimes from the 19th century.