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Richard Pious:
FDR and the Path to World War II
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and four days later Germany and Italy also declared war on the U.S. Yet America's involvement in World War II had been predetermined as early as May of 1940 when A... read more
Free TrialHitler—The Man and the Mystery
Instructor:
Jonathan Steinberg / Penn
“Hitler is not of our race,” observed the great German historian Otto Hintze. “He is an alien in our midst.” Hintze was right. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) never had a friend, probably had no sexual life, and ... read more
The Education of Charles Darwin. How a Scientific Revolution was Born.
Instructor:
Stan Rachootin
Charles Darwin triggered a wholesale scientific revolution with the publication of his 1859 classic, The Origin of Species. Yet Darwin was hardly destined to be one of the world’s... read more
The Political and Moral Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Instructor:
Andrew Delbanco
The name Abraham Lincoln is practically synonymous with political greatness. Every politician — Democrats as well as those of his own party, the Republicans —claims him as an inspiration. But what i... read more
