Last Lincoln v. Douglas Debate
The last of seven debates between the two Senate candidates took place on October 15th, 1858.
USA
Under the Mushroom Cloud
The Cold War has become this year’s hot media topic. Taylor Downing welcomes the chance to look more critically at the era of ‘mutually assured destruction’.
Honest Abe’s War
Mark Bryant examines how cartoonists saw the most traumatic years of American history.
The Assassination of Robert Kennedy
Kennedy was fatally shot on 5 June 1968, in Los Angeles, California. He died the following day.
Battling It Out
Jim Downs says that the Democrats should blame history for the dilemma they face in having to choose between Clinton and Obama for this year’s presidential nomination.
The Death of Martin Luther King
The civil rights leader was shot dead on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4th, 1968.
Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
The First of the Hundred Days
Franklin Delano Roosevelt – widely regarded as one of the greatest of all American presidents – began his first term in office on 4 March, 1933.
Charles Lindbergh: Aviation’s Unlikely Environmentalist
A figurehead for progress before his political disgrace, in later life Lindberg became concerned about the impact of technology on the environment.
The US and the Unintended Consequences of War
The United States’ participation in military conflict has had unexpected results, and often has produced very different political outcomes to those originally intended.