Ken Burns is the greatest documentarian of our time. With films such as The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), Country Music (2019), ...

"As I was revising my little book on the Battle of Bennington earlier this year, I wondered how Burns and Atkinson would ...

The American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism in favor of a representative system of rule—and the inherent rights of ...

When the new Ken Burns documentary series “The American Revolution” premieres on PBS on Sunday, Nov. 16, it will mark the end of a filmmaking journey that began almost a decade ago. “Ken always says ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Back in 1990, Ken Burns made his reputation with “The Civil War,” a sprawling, multipart documentary that caused a ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...

Thirty-five years ago, I stood with filmmaker Ken Burns at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). He was telling me some advice that Southern novelist ...

Ken Burns’ latest work takes us back to a moment of great dissension and division, a moment in which Americans raged against the monarch leading them and in which any outcome seemed possible. By sheer ...

What do you think you know about the American Revolution? Nearly 250 years later, as we continue to debate what the Founders intended, we may find at times that we’ve been led astray by legend, ...

Siege of Yorktown. General Rochambeau and general Washington give last orders before an attack, October 1781. Auguste Couder (1789–1873). Artist Auguste Couder, 1836 (Photo by Pierce Archive ...

America’s fight for independence reverberated around the world in significant ways, which University of Maryland history professor Richard Bell explores in his engaging new book, The American ...