As the Civil War teetered, Lincoln weighed the Emancipation Proclamation—an audacious act that reshaped the nation’s course.

Doris Kearns Goodwin shares how President Lyndon B. Johnson, despite fierce resistance, rose to meet a defining moment in U.S. history.

The top secret "nuclear football" accompanies the president at all times.

A young George Washington hungers for fame and prestige as an officer in the British military.