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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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Napoleon: Son of the Revolution
By Alan Forrest Napoleon Napoleon’s rise owed everything to the French Revolution, to its ideals of…
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Alexandre Dumas: The Real Count of Monte Cristo
By Tom Reiss The original Alexandre Dumas was born in 1762, the son of “Antoine Alexandre…
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Kurt Vonnegut and the Dresden Bombings
By Charles J. Shields The winter weather in Dresden lifted abruptly on Shrove Tuesday, February 13,…
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William Henry Harrison: Commander in Chief for 31 Days
By Gail Collins William Henry Harrison arrived in Washington to huge crowds and a snowstorm on…
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Patton: The Warrior, The Myth and the Legacy
By Alan Axelrod On September 28, 1945, Eisenhower summoned Patton to his headquarters in the IG…
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The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson
By Callie Oettinger Dodger President and general manager Branch Rickey needed: A man of principle. A…
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Lucky Luciano and WWII’s Operation Husky
By Tim Newark Locked in prison, reading daily newspaper reports of Allied victories, Charlie Luciano got…
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George Armstrong Custer in Pictures
By Callie Oettinger Lt. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and Capt. Custer,…
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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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