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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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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down the ramp…
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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down the ramp…
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Cuban Missle Crisis
By Alex Von Tunzelmann On the morning of 20 October, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent…
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In Images: Berlin Wall at 50
By Callie Oettinger Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the building of…
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President Kennedy and the Berlin Wall
By Michael O'Brien After [the]Vienna [Conference], events turned sour for Khrushchev. Instead of retreating, Kennedy held…
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July 27, 1953: Korean War Armistice— Ceasefire Without Peace
By Callie Oettinger The Korean War armistice talks lasted over a year, with the signing taking…
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One Korean War POW’s Story of Capture and Repatriation
By Lewis H. Carlson and Robert Coury Col. Bob Coury retired from…
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June 25, 1950: Korean War Began Here
By Callie Oettinger The War Began Here—June 25, 1950. [caption id="attachment_1088" align="aligncenter"…
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Korea: Post-WWII Partition
By Jongsoo James Lee 1392 The Founding of Choson Dynasty (1392–1910). 1910 Korea annexed by Japan.…
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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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