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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities

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by Thomas Mullen

WCAG Heading When we think about the World War II years, we tend to…
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The Mayor and the Nazis

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by Terry Golway

WCAG Heading As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in…
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A State of Turmoil

by Alexander Larman

In 1937, the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. The previous king, Edward VIII,…
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1933: Democracy Destroyed

by Frank McDonough

WCAG Heading In the following excerpt from The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939, Frank McDonough…
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Hitler’s American Friends: Charles Lindbergh and ‘America First’

by Bradley Hart

Wcag Heading by Bradley W. Hart On September 11, 1941, one of America’s most famous celebrities…
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Hitler’s American Friends: Henry Ford and Nazism

by Bradley Hart

WCAG Heading by Bradley W. Hart Over the past century, Ford has become one of the…
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Who Was Father Charles Coughlin?

by Bradley Hart

WCAG Heading by Bradley W. Hart In November 1938, one of America’s most famous radio personalities…
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Who Was William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion?

by Bradley Hart

WCAG Heading In 1933, a former Hollywood screenwriter-turned-mystic named William Dudley Pelley made…
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Who Was Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund?

by Bradley W. Hart

WCAG Heading On the Fourth of July, 1937, a group of Americans…
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Erich Kempka: Driving Hitler and his Limousines

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WCAG Headingby Robert Klara One of the reasons why we know so much about the perilous…
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Adolf Hitler

Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret

Jackie Bouvier and John F. Kennedy married in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 12, 1953.

by J. Randy Taraborrelli

J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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Featured Excerpt: The Sea Captain’s Wife

Neptune's Car Clipper Ship.

by Tilar J. Mazzeo

In The Sea Captain's Wife, New York Times bestselling author Tilar J.…
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The Curious Case of Nuremberg’s Hangman

View of the defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal trial of war criminals in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. November 1945. Public domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.

by Tim Queeney

In his book Rope, author Tim Queeney takes readers on a unique and…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…
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Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…
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2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The History Reader 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…
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Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…
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Post-Holocene Progress

Maerten van Heemskerck - Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

by Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…
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