Describes a short-lived World War II program to train gifted young men in engineering and languages.

An American Empire, constructed over the last century, long ago overtook European colonialism, and it has been widely assumed that the new globalism it espoused

In 1943, 18-year-old Robert Ellis joined the elite U.S. Army Ski Troops of the 10th Mountain Division. This division has been called the most elite and publiciz

How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this book, Philip Gleason offers t