August 1972

Was Columbus motivated by Norse discoveries, concealed over the centuries in misinterpreted maps?

President Nixon’s visit to Peking starts one more surprising turn in an American-Chinese “affair” nearly two centuries old

Could he have beaten Bobby Fischer?

The year was 1814, and within three weeks our “young and not always wise” nation suffered acute shame and astonishing victory

A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP