USA

The great majority of women's lives were changed by the American Revolution: they were increasingly drawn into the political debate – as household producers and consumers, and as wives and mothers.

Thomas Doherty examines a series of conflicts between left-wing artists and movie moguls at the time of Sergei Eisenstein's brief sojourn in Tinseltown in the 1930s.

Mark Weisenmiller shows how the fate of Al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners in Cuba is linked to a US Supreme Court decision of sixty years ago.

The American aviator was born on February 4th, 1902.

John Spiller shows that, in constitution-making in the USA (1787-89), France (1789-92) and Great Britain (1830-32), some men were considered more equal than others.

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones explains the historical roots of the arguments surrounding the CIA following their failure to anticipate the attacks of September 11th.

America's "motor city" was founded on 24 July 1701.

Stuart Leibiger looks at one of the most significant relationships behind the politics that produced the American Constitution.

Aram Bakshian, Jr. takes a wry look at the recent American presidential elections.

David Ellwood shows how anti-American feelings today have roots and parallels in the past.