Military History

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WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Audie Murphy 1 On a hill just inland from the invasion beaches…
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WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Steven Saylor My previous novel Roma followed the fortunes of a single…
My previous novel Roma followed the fortunes of a single family through the first thousand years…
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dd dd dd By Robert Barker The 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmoble) arrived in Qui Nhon,…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Larry Gwin Close Air Support at LZ Albany, November…
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Gen. Hugh Shelton Media outlets have reported an account from Without Hesitation:…
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham While heroism…

Military History

Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…

Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…

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This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…

Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…

Post-Holocene Progress

Maerten van Heemskerck - Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

by Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…

The Last Launch of the Gemini Program

Gemini 12 prime crew: Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

by Jeffrey Kluger

On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…

Featured Excerpt: A Promise Delivered

Van Thomas Barfoot newly promoted US Army Lieutenant circa 1944.

by Ty Seidule and Connor Williams

In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the…

Featured Excerpt: A Biography of a Mountain

Mt. Rushmore

by Matthew Davis

In A Biography of a Mountain, Matthew Davis shares a  comprehensive narrative history…

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