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The Three Sons George Washington Never Had
by Tom Clavin
A dramatic and poignant story within the story of Valley Forge is about…
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The Aztec Eagles of WWII: Mexican Air Force Squadron 201
by Mary Jo McConahay
In pre-Columbian times, Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park was a verdant space reserved…
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The Family Behind the Holocaust Cremation Ovens
by Karen Bartlett
Since the summer of 1941, the Nazis had been mulling over how to…
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The Smoking Cobras of WWII—Brazilians Go to War in Italy
by Mary Jo McConahay Of all the fighting units struggling toward the final liberation of Italy,…
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A Reporter’s Journey Behind the Lines of ISIS
by Souad Mekhennet I was told to come alone. I was not to carry any identification…
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Operation Chaos: An Untold Cold War Story
by Matthew Sweet Stockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war…
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The Story of the Real Ichabod Crane
by Philip Jett
“It was the very witching time of night that Ichabod, heavy-hearted and crestfallen,…
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Eisenhower and the Road to D-Day
by Michael E. Haskew The marshaling and training of the Allied forces that were to strike…
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Israel Bissell: The Bearer of Revolution
by Willard Sterne Randall On April 19, 1775, a decade of ideological ferment and partisan protests over…
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Paris Abandoned: The Realities of Armistice During World War II
by Anne Sebba
Slowly, the terms of the armistice began to sink in. The French had…
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Tracking Jedediah Smith
by Tom Clavin
“Over the course of twelve months Jedediah Smith had become the first European…
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End of an Era
by Alexander Larman
In the introduction to the third and final installment in my Windsors trilogy,…
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Throne of Grace
by Tom Clavin
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, An Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest…
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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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