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On the Eve of War: John Brown and Harpers Ferry
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Tony Horwitz John Brown was born with the nineteenth…
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Dalton Fury on “Call of Duty” and “Black Site”
WCAG Heading MMM: You are the Military Advisor for the [just-released] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.…
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Dogs of War
dd dd dd By Lisa Rogak The vast majority of military working dogs begin training at…
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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked…
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October 24, 1994: David McCambell Downed More Enemy Aircrafts Than Any Other Naval Aviator—Ever
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Alvin Townley In a dogfight, expect anything. All bets…
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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
WCAG Heading By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down…
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October 23, 1983: The Marines in Beirut
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Thomas L. Friedman Funny country, Lebanon. The minute one…
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Victory & Glory: The End of the Revolutionary War
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By John Ferling October 19, 1781, the terms for the…
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Marshall, Mitchell, and Meuse-Argonne
Americans escorting German prisoners to the rear, Meuse-Argonne. Credit: Library of Congress. WCAG Heading WCAG Heading…
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1993 Battle of Mogadishu: A SEAL’s-Eye View
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin As we pulled…
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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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Five New History Reads for April 2026
From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…
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The Search for the Madness Pill
by Justin Garson
In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…
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Winning the Earthquake
by Lorissa Rinehart
“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…
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The Feather Wars
by James H. McCommons
From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück
by Gwen Strauss
From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Once There Was a Town
by Jane Ziegelman
Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery
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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