IT may safely be assumed that the early history of Prussia is known to the great majority of English readers only from the first four books of Carlyle’s Frederic the Great. So powerful was the ...

In this video I briefly discuss the colonization history of the territories that would eventually constitute the Kingdom of ...

Last week we looked at Prussia’s Soldier King, Frederick Wilhelm I, and what he meant for Prussian history. As he ascended to ...

When Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge on Feb. 23, 1778, one soldier likened him to "an ancient fabled God of War ... a perfect personification of Mars." Far from a ...

Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben’s loud, gruff voice can be heard throughout Valley Forge, barking orders in his limited knowledge of English to General George Washington’s cold, ...

HOCHKIRCH, Germany (Reuters) - He once governed Ukraine and Berlin, controlled Finland, and might have changed British history -- but is little known in his native Scotland. Sign up here. The late ...

In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has raised concerns among commentators and academics that the U.S. could face a constitutional crisis. Trump has issued numerous ...