Though many men have contributed to the design of the bolt-action centerfire rifle, none have done as much as Paul and ...

A quarter of “The Great Gatsby” has passed before, at one of his lavish parties, Jay Gatsby bumps into Nick Carraway, the ...

A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

The Kaiser Wilhelm Society existed side by side with the Max Planck Society for twelve years. It was not until 21 June 1960 at the last extraordinary General Meeting of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society that ...

(Napoleon’s 1812 invasion was Russia’s first “patriotic war.”) Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II demonized in a poster proclaiming him “The Enemy Of Humankind.” In an age before radio or ...

It’s no secret that Kaiser Wilhelm II enjoyed travelling. In times of peace the head of state was rarely to be found in Potsdam or Berlin; more often he resided in one of the German spa towns or ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria’s oldest grandson who apparently spoke English without an accent, was holidaying near in Ilfracombe, and was spending a sunny afternoon on a local beach ...

Fuelled by a desire to convey the truth of the rapidly changing world around them, two groups of artists — Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter — ...