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How Jazz Changed the World
by Jessica Fellowes
By Jessica Fellowes Jessica Fellowes discusses the history behind her recently released novel, The Mitford Scandal,…
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The Broadcasting Legend Who Discovered T. E. Lawrence
by Mitchell Stephens During the First World War Lowell Thomas was confirming—as he zipped to Europe,…
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Lusitania: Triumph and Tragedy
by Greg King and Penny Wilson
Lusitania Prologue Saturday, May 1, 1915 A rainy twilight fell…
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Who Really was America’s First Flying Ace: The Case for Eddie Rickenbacker
by John F. Ross In Spring of 1918, during World War I, two American pilots entered…
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First Over There: America’s First Battle of World War One
by Matthew Davenport In the early morning sunshine of the fourth spring of World War One,…
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Video: The Terrible Choice Faced by Early Pilots
by John F. Ross At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the car and…
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Why Pilots Didn’t Wear Parachutes during World War 1
By John F. Ross When brand new technology first appears it’s often striking in retrospect to…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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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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