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Inside Egypt’s Rock-Cut Tomb Chapels
by John Romer For the majority of Westerners, the grand tour of Egypt had started in…
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What Being on the “Left” Today Really Means
by Ruy Teixeira What is the left? Historically, the term goes back to the French Revolution,…
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The Siege of Madrid Through Photographs
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos ON THE LEFT BANK of the Manzanares River , the…
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Helen Rappaport: Caught up in the History of the Russian Revolution
by Helen Rappaport It began many years ago – around twenty, if I recall correctly, when…
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After Yeltsin: A Historic Change in Russian Attitudes toward Americans
By Lisa Dickey The first time I traveled across Russia, in the fall of 1995, most…
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Nominating Our Best History Books 2016
As we close in on the end of of the year, we list our best history…
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Asimov Mathematics and the Collapse of Empire
by Brian Clegg If there’s one lesson that we have learned from recent shock political results,…
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Felix Yusupov and the Murder of Rasputin
by Douglas Smith The Yusupov household was staunchly anti-Rasputin. Felix Yusupov’s father could not bear even…
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May 1968: The French Revolution That Never Was
by Jonathan Fenby The mass demonstrations and strikes in France in May 1968 severely challenged De…
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The Rise and Fall of the Viking Crusades
by John Haywood The Wendish Crusade In 1144, the crusaders lost the key city of Edessa…
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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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