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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
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The Afghanistan War’s “Heart of Darkness”
by T. Jefferson Parker October 7, 2014 marks the 13th "anniversary" of the war in Afghanistan…
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What Happens Before the First Shots Are Fired?
by General Tony Zinni Throughout our history we have committed our military to action hundreds of…
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A Poem or a Song: What Was Francis Scott Key Writing That Night?
by Marc Leepson Francis Scott Key loved poetry. From the time he was a child, he…
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Inside the Fight: Level Zero Heroes
By Michael Golembesky It all started with a promise—a promise that I kept to the members…
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Three Reasons the British Should Have Won the Revolutionary War (and Three Reasons the Patriots Did Win)
By Jack Kelly George Washington called the American victory in the Revolutionary war “little short of…
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A ‘Most Honest Horse Thief’: James Byrnes’ Role In Japan’s Conditional Surrender
By Paul Ham Upon his swearing in as President Harry Truman’s Secretary of State, on 3rd…
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The Man Who Burned Washington D.C.
By Peter Snow The only time other than 9/11 that an outside force has attacked the…
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The Invasion of Okinawa
By P. T. Deutermann The invasion of Okinawa (April 1, 1945, to June 22nd, 1945,) turned…
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How the Spanish Armada Was Really Defeated
By Robert Hutchinson The Spanish Armada campaign of 1588 changed the course of European history. If…
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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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