Bunk combs the web for new interpretations of American history, and highlights the fascinating connections between them.

Espionage has always been with us, but its rapid growth over the past century may have undermined trust in government.

A lifetime spent studying the disastrous lead-up to World War I gave Paul Schroeder reason to be horrified at the recklessness of US foreign policy.

In the 19th century, tens of thousands of babies died every year of gastroenteritis.

Having inherited his mother’s beliefs, Reagan was ever faithful to the Disciples of Christ, whose tenets were often at odds with those of the GOP.

The qualities that enabled Belle da Costa Greene to cross the color line also made her a formidable negotiator and collector for J.P. Morgan’s library.

C. Wright Mills, Karl Polanyi, and the Frankfurt School in postwar America.

Most countries take their popular novelists more seriously than America has. The term “Great American Novel” was literally invented to describe this book