The contours of World War III are visible in numerous conflicts. The president of the United States is not ready.

Israel’s recent 12-day war against Iran is a harbinger of potentially growing nuclear dangers to come. For the first time in ...

During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Robert McNamara experienced a poignant moment while leaving the Pentagon, ...

Sept. 13, 2011— -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in the Cuban Missile Crisis that it might be a good night to go to the theater ...

The world stood on the edge of nuclear conflict as a U.S. president held firm and took radical action to end that threat while the world held its breath. That president was John F. Kennedy over ...

Iran and Israel have exchanged a barrage of missiles after the United States bombed key Iranian nuclear sites, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East.. Iran on Sunday launched two ...