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Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
by Stephen Kinzer
The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the…
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The League of Wives: Women Who Fought to Bring Vietnam POWs Home
by Heath Hardage Lee
On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six…
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World War II: The Fear and the Freedom
by Keith Lowe
The Second World War was not just another crisis—it directly affected more people…
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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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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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