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Obama and FDR: A Faulty Comparison
by Aaron David Miller With only 43 different presidents, (44 to account for Grover Cleveland’s two…
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John F Kennedy in Office: Tips for Today’s Senate
John T. Shaw If Senator John F Kennedy in office was faced with the U.S. Senate…
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The Dulles Brothers and the Airport Bust
by Stephen Kinzer Who cares what is written in a book about dead people? Biographers may be…
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Best History Books of 2014 Gift Guide
by The History Reader The holiday season is upon us as are the end of the…
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Nelson Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend
by Christo Brand My entire relationship with Nelson Mandela was instinctive. I never worked out or…
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My Time On the Set With Marlene Dietrich
by Rory MacLean Why are we drawn to certain cities? Perhaps because of a story read…
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The Truth about Lincoln’s Beard
by Daniel Stashower
By Daniel Stashower My son’s history teacher thinks I’m spreading lies. To be fair, he was…
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The Many Names of Nelson Mandela
By Rod Green There can’t be many people who have never heard the name Nelson Mandela.…
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Stanley Tretick: Images from the March on Washington
By Kitty Kelley On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans descended on Washington, D.C.…
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March 9, 1916: Pancho Villa and the Villista Raid on Columbus
By: Alejandro de Quesada A series of meetings were held between an Associated Press correspondent, Mr.…
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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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