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Putinism: Russia and its Future with the West
by Walter Laqueur It is common knowledge that relations between America and Russia have deteriorated very…
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Bulls Before Breakfast: The Pamplona Bull Run
by Peter N. Milligan I run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, in the summertime with…
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The True Cost of Spice: Murder in the History of Nutmeg
By Giles Milton A change in the cloud pattern brought the first suggestion of land. Next…
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Guarding Fidel Castro: His Double Life and Infidelity
by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez THE CASTRO DYNASTY There is nothing ordinary about Fidel Castro. He is…
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The Global Reserve Currency: Despite Problems The Dollar Still Rules
By Milton Ezrati The dollar is back. After no end of death sentences issued over the…
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A Passion for Paris: Alexandre Dumas and the Ghosts of Romantic Fiction
by David Downie Romantic-era novelist Alexandre Dumas may well have created the world’s first fiction factory…
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Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall, and the Outsiders of Montparnasse
by Stanley Meisler The mass migrations of European peoples to this country in the late 19th…
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Circumference: Round, Flat, and Egg-Shaped
by Nicholas Nicastro On a recent trip to Istanbul, I belatedly discovered a museum that I’d…
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Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth
by Al Podell ALBERT PODELL author of AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 YEARS: My Adventure to…
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The Queen’s Bed: Elizabeth I and her Intimate Bedchamber
by Anna Whitelock In The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court, the historian Anna…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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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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