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When JFK Endorsed The Ugly American
by Steven Watts In the crisis of masculinity that preoccupied so many in late 1950s America,…
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Battle of Inchon, September 15–19, 1950
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab With the North Korean invasion halted, the US…
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Eoin MacNeill: Building an Army for the Easter Rising
by Tim Pat Coogan ‘MacNeill’ was Eoin MacNeill, the ostensible leader of the Irish Volunteers, a…
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Operation Market Garden: Arnham, September 17–21, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 17 September 1944, the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army…
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The Rise and Fall of the Viking Crusades
by John Haywood The Wendish Crusade In 1144, the crusaders lost the key city of Edessa…
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Gustav-Cassino Line, Nov 1943 – May 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The Gustav-Cassino Line was a German defensive position constructed…
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Little Dynamite: The 75mm Pack Howitzer
Michael E. Haskew Nicknamed “Little Dynamite”, the 75mm pack howitzer proved its worth with the 1st…
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Guy Burgess: The Life of a Cold War Double Agent
by Andrew Lownie
When Harold Macmillan, now the Prime Minister, visited the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev…
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Understanding the Language of War: Tony Blair and Winston Churchill
by Mark Thompson It’s May 13, 1940. Winston Churchill has been prime minister of the United…
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Solomon Islands Campaign, August 7, 1942 – December 25, 1943
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The Solomon Islands Campaign By April 1942, the…
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The JFK Conspiracy
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by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Belmont, New HampshireSeptember 1960 New York…
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Introduction to Eliot Stein’s
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In Custodians of Wonder, Eliot Stein takes a vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of…
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The Island Behind the Island: Real Life Inspiration for
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Suspense author Sharon Short shares the rich history behind Mile Island, the real-life location that inspired…
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Harriot Kezia Hunt, from a 1910 publication. (Public domain,…
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