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How to Find a Lost City
by Edmund Richardson
So you want to find a lost city? Congratulations: you’ve joined an exclusive…
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The City Beneath the Mountains
by Edmund Richardson
Beneath the plains of Afghanistan lie the remains of a fabulous city: Alexandria…
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The True Story of Marine Special Operations Team 8222
by Michael Golembesky The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two men of Marine Special…
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Inside a Prison Cell with Sheikh Ahmed Ashoush
by Shadi Hamid What does it look like to come of age in the Muslim Brotherhood,…
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JSOC Missions From Masirah: Taliban Missions in Afghanistan
by Sean Naylor The vastness of the moonless night sky swallowed the turboprop drone of the…
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Nick Irving: For a Sniper, Timing is Everything
by Nick Irving Timing is Everything: from the book Way of The Reaper As soon as…
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Hiding CIA Operations: The Attack on Khowst
by Douglas Laux Attack on Khowst Forward Operating Base Chapman was located just outside the town…
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The Longest Kill: Sniper Maverick 41
by Craig Harrison The Longest Kill In the sniper world, we constantly move after firing. A…
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Nick Irving: An Army Ranger NEVER Gives Up
by Nick Irving Immediately after graduating high school, I was sent to Ft. Benning to attend…
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The Afghanistan War’s “Heart of Darkness”
by T. Jefferson Parker October 7, 2014 marks the 13th "anniversary" of the war in Afghanistan…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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Edith Wharton’s Guide to New York
by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks's new novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton through…
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