Military History

WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Tony Horwitz John Brown was born with the nineteenth…
WCAG Heading MMM: You are the Military Advisor for the [just-released] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.…
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WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Alvin Townley In a dogfight, expect anything. All bets…
WCAG Heading By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Thomas L. Friedman Funny country, Lebanon. The minute one…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By John Ferling October 19, 1781, the terms for the…
Americans escorting German prisoners to the rear, Meuse-Argonne. Credit: Library of Congress. WCAG Heading WCAG Heading…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin As we pulled…

Military History

The Hopes of the Future

by Alexander Larman

by Alexandar Larman Princess Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, for just…

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From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…

The Search for the Madness Pill

Solomon H. Snyder

by Justin Garson

In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…

Featured Excerpt: Winning the Earthquake

Jeannette Rankin

by Lorissa Rinehart

“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…

Featured Excerpt: The Feather Wars

Clover-Land Magazine [Northern Michigan University Archives]

by James H. McCommons

From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…

Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…

Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…

The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

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by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…

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