Battle of the Week

WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNabWCAG Heading Khe Sanh combat base, built on…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab As part of the Tet Offensive of…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 17 September 1944, the Anglo-Canadian 21st…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The San Juan Ridge (Kettle Hill) was…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The Battle of Manila Bay took place…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 30 June, Meade advised MGen John…
Wcag Heading Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Wcag Heading Just 2km south-west of…
WCAG HeadingEditor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Little Bighorn, more than a third of…
Wcag Heading Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Wcag Heading American Battles and Campaigns…
Wcag Heading Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Wcag Heading American Battles and Campaigns…

Battle of the Week

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…

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…

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

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…

The Last Launch of the Gemini Program

Gemini 12 prime crew: Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

by Jeffrey Kluger

On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…

Featured Excerpt: A Promise Delivered

Van Thomas Barfoot newly promoted US Army Lieutenant circa 1944.

by Ty Seidule and Connor Williams

In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the…

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