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Life and Death in Berlin: Discovering the City Through the Zeitzeugenbörse
by Sinclair McKay
These were children who had known only a world of violence. Yet amid…
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Unknown History: The Siege of Berlin in 1948
by Giles Milton
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Unknown History: Churchill’s Iron Curtain
by Giles Milton
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Unknown History: The Great Berlin Power Struggle
by Giles Milton
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Michał Goleniewski: The Best Cold War Spy You’ve Never Heard Of
by Tim Tate
Sixty years ago the best Cold War spy the West ever had defected…
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Unknown History: Russia’s Secret Revolutionaries
by Giles Milton
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Unknown History: Berlin Turns Red
by Giles Milton
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Unknown History: The Colonel Who Went to War
by Giles Milton
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Elizabeth Bentley: The True Story That Inspired a Novel
by Karin Tanabe
When I decided that I wanted to write about a woman in the…
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The Forgotten Hero of the Cold War
by Giles Milton
The greatest heroes of the Second World War are rightly celebrated for their…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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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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