Of Blood and Treasure — Measuring the Financial Cost of the U.S. Civil War (INFOGRAPHIC)

“In order to pay the fighting and the post war reconstruction of the South, Congress was forced to pass historic laws and come up with new taxes.” THE CIVIL WAR was America’s first total war. More citizens…

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Butcher’s Bill — Filmmaker Counts the Bloody Cost of World War Two

“Halloran tabulates the death toll suffered by the conflict’s many warring nations in a way that brings sobering new perspective to the war.” JOSEPH STALIN ONCE remarked that the death of one man is a tragedy…

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Battleground Dublin – Infographic Maps O’Connell Street Landmarks of 1916 Easter Rising

“To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the Irish building supply company Chadwick’s is offering MilitaryHistoryNow.com this infographic exploring some of the O’Connell Street landmarks that were damaged and destroyed during the battle.” FOR MANY,…

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Back to the Future — How Epic History TV is Re-inventing the War Documentary

“I don’t think these are just the best, most exciting, dramatic stories ever told, I think they’re also our best guide to help us make sense of the modern world and all its complexities. History…

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Clash of the Titans – Infographic Tracks the History of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

“Despite their similarities, the two men could not have come from more different backgrounds.” OF ALL THE military giants to emerge from the U.S. Civil War, none loom as large over American history as Ulysses…

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Hostilities — Infographic Explores America’s Declarations of War

THE UNITED STATES has been in 14 major wars since independence, more than 20 armed foreign interventions and has used military force to suppress nearly 40 separate Indian uprisings. Yet amazingly, Washington has only ever formally…

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