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Goodbye OSS and Hello CIA: National Security Act of 1947
By Callie Oettinger July 26, 1947 the National Security Act was approved: To promote the national…
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July 21, 1861: First Major Battle of the Civil War
By Christopher J. Olsen In Spring 1861, both sides worked feverishly to…
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How Much Did Stalin Know?
By Micheal D. Gordin On July 16, a day before Terminal began, scientists working for the…
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T. E. Lawrence and the Art of War in the Twenty-First Century
By George W. Gawrychl If there were a hall of fame for modern military theorists, Thomas…
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761st Tank Battalion: Patton’s Panthers Would Not Quit
By Charles W. Sasser A cold January rain drizzled onto the rolling red-dust hills of central…
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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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Gettysburg in Pictures
By Callie Oettinger Barlows’ Knoll after first day’s…
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June 28, 2005: One of the worst Days in U.S. Special Operations History
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham OPERATION RED WINGS American…
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George Armstrong Custer in Pictures
By Callie Oettinger Lt. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and Capt. Custer,…
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Military History
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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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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