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John Adams: Defense of the Boston Massacre Soldiers
By James Grant Pealing church bells called John Adams into the moonlit Boston street on the…
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William Henry Harrison: Commander in Chief for 31 Days
By Gail Collins William Henry Harrison arrived in Washington to huge crowds and a snowstorm on…
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November 22, 1963: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Mystery Behind the Assassination of JFK
By Alex Von Tunzelmann On 22 November 1963, CIA Special Affairs Section head Desmond FitzGerald was…
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November 4, 1979: The Iran Hostage Crisis
By Ray Takeyh During August 2005, American newspapers and television screens were unexpectedly filled with images…
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President Carter on the Iran Hostage Crisis and Attempted Rescue
By Brian Michael Till What’s the single decision you made as president that you most regret?…
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British Surrender: George Washington’s Diary and the Articles of Capitulation
By Callie Oettinger George Washington’s October 12 to November 5, 1781, diary entries are windows opening…
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Victory & Glory: The End of the Revolutionary War
By John Ferling October 19, 1781, the terms for the surrender of the General Charles Cornwallis-led…
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Mossad and 9/11
By Gordon Thomas Anti-Semitic conspiracists plan to flood the internet to mark the tenth anniversary of…
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President Clinton’s Foreign Policy
By Sidney Blumenthal President Clinton lost and then gained his footing in both domestic and foreign…
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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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U. S. History
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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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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