Drawing on the Moscow Declaration, the trial’s own records, and contemporary reporting, this article reconstructs the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46, the first international attempt to hold political and military leaders accountable for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and wars of aggression.
In 1948, Tel Aviv transformed from a bustling Jewish metropolis into the provisional capital of a new state. From the Declaration of Independence to the trials of war, this article explores daily life, politics, and the historic events that shaped the city and the world.
Drawing on oral histories from the Library of Congress, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and the National Archives, this article reconstructs the civil rights movement through the voices of those who lived it—from the Selma marches to the Birmingham foot soldiers.
Drawing on the official proceedings and the governor’s opening message, this article reconstructs the 1950 Constitutional Convention of Hawaii—the hopes, debates, and expectations of the delegates who drafted a constitution that would finally lead to statehood in 1959.
Based on the first published reports in the Village Voice and the accounts of those on the scene, this article reconstructs the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 as they were experienced, reported, and understood at the time.
In the summer of 1950, South Korean civilians fled their homes ahead of the North Korean invasion, only to be caught between two armies. Drawing on war diaries, eyewitness testimony, and military documents, this article reconstructs the harrowing experience of displacement, including the No Gun Ri massacre and the bridge bombings ordered by U.S. forces.
In August 1965, Morley Safer’s CBS report from the village of Cam Ne brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms as never before. Drawing on primary sources, this article explores how the first televised war shaped perceptions, ignited controversy, and changed war coverage forever.
Drawing on contemporary wire reports, newspaper coverage, and eyewitness photographs, this article reconstructs the day the Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and forced two million residents into the countryside—the moment that ended Cambodia’s civil war and began one of the 20th century’s worst genocides.
From estate maps to Ordnance Survey sheets, historical maps are far more than geographical records. They capture the names of landowners, the state of cultivation, and the daily routines of ordinary people, offering a unique visual archive of everyday life.
Drawing on RAND interviews with villagers, captured NLF documents, and David Hunt’s landmark study of My Tho Province, this article reconstructs what it was like to live in the Mekong Delta in 1965—when rice paddies became battlefields and every village was a contested prize in a protracted guerrilla war.