American history

American history

Contributors in American history

American history

As opposed to limited war, total war usually denotes a military conflict in which warfare ultimately affects the entire population, civilian as well as military. The American Civil War, at least in ...

Tory

History; American history

In England during the eighteenth century the Tory Party was closely identified with the king's interests and monarchism, or in the minds of many American patriots, with tyrannical government. As the ...

Thomas Jefferson

History; American history

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence, the first secretary of state, and the third president of the United States. As president, he was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and the ...

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

History; American history

Founder of the nation's first school to teach deaf mutes to read and write and communicate through hand signals.

The New Look

History; American history

President Eisenhower's adjustment to the doctrine of containment. He advocated saving money by emphasizing nuclear over conventional weapons, on the premise that the next major world conflict would ...