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Biopics are the cinematic version of biographical fiction, a subgenre of historical fiction that dramatizes real people and events. Some...

It is unwise to believe that John Quincy Adams and Dwight Eisenhower were opposites within the pantheon of American Presidents. Their...

The fifteenth century is described by historians as the foundational period for modern history. Events like the Renaissance, the fall of...

Presidential history is one of my favorite topics (as can be seen in The Eisenhower Chronicles and The Middle Generation: A Novel of...

Author: Doyle Glass Year of Publication: 2014, 2023 (second edition) Swift Sword  by Doyle Glass is a gripping and immersive account of...

I know, I know, this is no surprise to anyone and half of you are probably accusing me of bias. But there are reasons why Ike is my...

Other than Winston Churchill, FDR is likely the single most important person to Allied victory in World War II. That alone earns him one...

In the 1790s, the United States faced challenges in foreign relations unsurpassed in gravity until World War II. Britain and Spain still...

I had always respected Monroe and considered him a top 10 President, but my appreciation for his presidency rose exponentially while...

1. What inspired you to write this book? I have wanted to write biographical fiction since watching Lincoln in theaters in 2012. I wrote...

Few presidencies have been as uniformly dominated by foreign affairs as Truman’s but that’s expected when assuming office during...

I am not an FDR hater. I rank him as one of the five best Presidents and like his foreign policy even more than his domestic. He was an...

Reagan’s fans frame him as the architect of America’s victory in the Cold War. I would give such an accolade to those who designed...

Nixon believed the Grand Design, his name for the strategy of playing China and the Soviet Union off of one another, would one day...

Few films have grown on me as much as Schindler’s List. Like everyone, I acknowledged its power. It is considered one of the hardest...

The history of American foreign policy can be divided between pre- and post-1898, meaning before and after the Spanish-American War....

Jefferson was America’s philosopher-president. As the main author of the Declaration of Independence and Virginia Statute of Religious...

Exciting news! My fourth novel, "The Middle Generation: A Novel of John Quincy Adams and the Monroe Doctrine" is now available for...

Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical inspired a surge of historical fiction novels about Alexander Hamilton over the past decade. I have read...

Dwight Eisenhower was born on this day in Denison, Texas. He was the third of seven sons and his mother said lightning struck the ground...