One of Adolf Hitler’s more obvious tactics is to keep Europe in such a state of suspense that finally he can persuade his unnerved enemies to give him what he wants. In Nazi Germany this is done by ...

Military packs and load carriage have come a long way since the one-strap haversacks of the Civil War allowed a soldier to lug rations and personal possessions onto the battlefield. These early carry ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Curio is a CNN Style series spotlighting small objects and the big ideas behind them. In an age when clocks are found in most pockets and on every screen, watchmaker Col&MacArthur’s ...