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Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Patrick Sloyan One of my goals in writing The Politics of Deception: JFK’S Secret Decisions…
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Kristin Hannah: A Look at Women in War
The History Reader In her newest novel The Nightingale, Historical Fiction novelist and New York Times…
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Hanukkah and Christmas: A History of Consequences
by Joel M. Hoffman History is in large part the story of consequences—both intended and unintended—as…
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Today in History: The Death of the Romanovs
On this day in history, 96 years ago, the Romanov Family was awakened from their sleep…
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The Invasion of Okinawa
By P. T. Deutermann The invasion of Okinawa (April 1, 1945, to June 22nd, 1945,) turned…
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The Lost Lives of the Romanov Sisters
By Helen Rappaport What more is there possibly to know, you may ask, about the Romanov…
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The Egyptian Revolution: A Q&A with Ashraf Khalil
We sat down with veteran journalist and Mile East expert Ashraf Khalil to discuss the history…
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Excerpt: Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World
By James MacGregor Burns Enlightenment as Revolution For hundreds of years European minds were locked in…
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Lessons from Winston Churchill: Withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Con Coughlin As America’s long decade of war in Afghanistan draws to a close in…
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Gideon’s Spies (Excerpt)
By Gordon Thomas Check out Gordon Thomas's bestselling Gideon's Spies which draws from classified documents, confidential…
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World 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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