Talented writers can make the past come alive, as three famous historians show through their powerful works.

Faced with crises at home and abroad, presidents found that brevity and wit could lighten the weightiest office in the nation.

In this installment of “When Character Counted,” we look at the Doctors Mayo and a nun who created one of the world’s great medical institutions.

In ‘This Week in History,’ the advent of wireless technology transformed global communication, and helped prevent a terrible maritime disaster.