Featured Excerpt: Black Wave
by Kim Ghattas
Black Wave is an unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unraveled and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Check out an excerpt here.
Military History
The Ghosts of Dresden
by Sinclair McKay
Sinclair McKay, author of The Fire and the Darkness, discusses one of the most devastating bombing campaigns of WWII and the lingering effects it has had on the city of Dresden.
Jet Girl: “No Time to Worry”
by Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson discusses the adrenaline-filled world of flying as she prepares to intercept an Iranian airplane in the latest excerpt from Jet Girl.
Chanel’s Riviera: Fun, Games and the Beginning of Terror
By Anne De Courcy
Chanel’s Riviera by Anne de Courcy explores the fascinating world of the Cote d’Azur during a period that saw the deepest extremes of luxury and terror in the twentieth century. Read on for an exclusive excerpt.
The Founding Fortunes: Pledging Lives and Fortunes
by Tom Shachtman
In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes. Check out an exclusive excerpt here.
The First World War: “Most Peculiar Christmas I’ve Ever Spent”
by Sir Martin Gilbert
Christmas Day, 1914. German and British troops have been fighting tirelessly for 5 months in one of the bloodiest wars in human history. Suddenly, an unfamiliar sound breaks the tension. A German song, followed by another. … Read the article
Revolutionary Brothers: “Aux Armes!”
by Tom Chaffin
The fifth and final excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers takes place in Paris in 1789, as Thomas Jefferson witnesses the civil unrest marking the beginning of the French Revolution.
Revolutionary Brothers: “Your Name Here Is Held In Veneration”
by Tom Chaffin
In our fourth excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette returns to Paris where he is received as a war hero after the triumph of Yorktown in 1781.
Revolutionary Brothers: “No One Better Situated”
by Tom Chaffin
In our third featured excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Continental Army celebrates the French alliance as a twenty-one-year-old Lafayette proves his worth to General Washington.
Revolutionary Brothers: “To Learn, and Not to Teach”
by Tom Chaffin
In Tom Chaffin’s second excerpt from Revolutionary Brothers, the Marquis de Lafayette inspects the Continental Army for the first time in 1777. Although the Army is raggedly dressed and poorly armed, Lafayette acts with grace and humility … Read the article