US History: Living History Project (2024)
Reference, primary sources, news coverage, and web resources to help you contextualize the period of U.S. history you are researching.
Top US News Sources
- New York Times
Arguably the most influential paper in the US.
The editorial page leans slightly to the left but they have regular columnists on staff whose worldviews come from a broad cross section of the mainstream left & right.
- Wall Street Journal
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The gold standard for business and finance journalism.
The editorial page has the motto "free markets, free people" so their commentators generally reflect this worldview. Several key mainstream republican thinkers are among the regular contributors.
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- Axios
"Axios gets you smarter, faster with news & information that matters." - Washington Post
The best news resource for Washington, DC politics. This is the paper that broke the Watergate scandal.
The editorial page leans center left. - Washington Post via ProQuest
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Service in the Military
Be sure to also look at the sections on specific conflicts (WWII, Korean War, etc.) if they are relevant to your topic.
Overviews/Background on Military Service & Conflicts (Post-Vietnam War)
- Gulf War Portal (1991)
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Overview, background, news and opinion articles, and primary sources - War against Iraq (2003)
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Overview, background, news and opinion articles, and primary sources
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Military Publications
Note: Many of these publications contain archives, but always make sure that you distinguish between primary source material and old material. A 25th-anniversary retrospective of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident would be archival (1989), but not a primary source.
- Military TimesMilitary Times is your trusted, independent voice for news about service members at home and deployed around the world.
- Airman Magazine
Official Magazine of the US Air Force - Leatherneck & Marine Corps Gazette
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Official Magazines of the Marines. Includes archives. - Links to US Army Publications
Magazines and journals published by the US Army. - All Hands Magazine Archives
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Archives of the official magazine of the Navy, going back to 1922.
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