This series of lectures offers detailed analyses of the strategic and tactical dimensions of the Civil War's most important campaigns....

In these 12 inspiring lectures, Professor Fears presents a well-balanced portrait of Churchill that does not whitewash his flaws. Yet he also draws on the most recent historical scholarship and material from Churchill's writings and speeches....

While American history spans not much more than two centuries, it is filled with a wealth of leaders, wars, movements, inventions, and ideas....

Travel back in time and examine many commonly held myths and half-truths about American history and prompt yourself to think about what really happened in the nation's past....

This lecture series takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe to shed light on two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400....

These 48 lectures are your chance to relive the most groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States....

Step into the real world of the spy with this detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of espionage and covert operations....

Know thy enemy. That's what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the greatest enemy ever faced by modern civilization....

This engaging series of 30 lectures is rich in detail and near-cinematic portraits of the leaders and events of World War II....

Only three lifetimes ago, Europe was a farming society ruled by families of monarchs....

Take a probing historical journey through the recent history and near future of a key world power....

Twice in the first half of the last century, the great powers engaged in wars that killed nearly 70 million people....

This series of 24 lectures examines Lincoln's rhetoric by which he sought to persuade others....

Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution....

How do the histories of China and Japan, or Russia, India, and the remote territories of Sub-Saharan Africa fit in with commonly known accounts of Western traditions?....

Consider the intense and rapid changes that transformed the political, social, and economic struggles of the world during the 20th century....

Through Professor Lichtman's eyes we see these 12 great leaders as they really were, contradictions and paradoxes included....

These lectures are the perfect introduction to Einstein, putting his scientific discoveries into the context of his personal life, his philosophical views, and his outlook on the world....

Few periods of history offer such captivating complexity as Europe in the long 19th century between 1789 and 1914....

Sparked by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe....