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Featured Excerpt: Project Mind Control

DCI Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953, the year that he established MKULTRA.

by John Lisle

In Project Mind Control, John Lisle reveals inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project,…
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Life and Death in Berlin: Discovering the City Through the Zeitzeugenbörse

by Sinclair McKay

Wcag Heading These were children who had known only a world of violence.…
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Unknown History: The Siege of Berlin in 1948

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Unknown History: Churchill’s Iron Curtain

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Unknown History: The Great Berlin Power Struggle

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Michał Goleniewski: The Best Cold War Spy You’ve Never Heard Of

Goleniewski

by Tim Tate

WCAG Heading Sixty years ago the best Cold War spy the West ever…
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Unknown History: Russia’s Secret Revolutionaries

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Unknown History: Berlin Turns Red

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Unknown History: The Colonel Who Went to War

by Giles Milton

We teamed up with the Unknown History podcast on Quick and Dirty Tips to bring you…
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Elizabeth Bentley: The True Story That Inspired a Novel

Elizabeth

by Karin Tanabe

WCAG Heading When I decided that I wanted to write about a woman…
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Cold War

This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

Ducking stool illustration

by Jack Kelly

In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…
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Ben Franklin Gets Juiced With a Little Hemp

Ben West's painting of Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky.

by Tim Queeney

In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…
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Dear Mr. Coppola: A True War Story from Việt Nam

by Alex Vernon

Alex Vernon of Peace is a Shy Thing discusses reality versus cinema during…
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Historical Summer Reading: June 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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10 Genius Ideas from the Roman Empire That Still Matter Today

The Roman Empire Got It Right

by Steven Marr

The Roman Empire’s brilliance is far from ancient history. The Roman Empire Got…
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Chor-Bazaar: The Thieves Market

by Nev March

The Silversmith's Puzzle author Nev March explains the storied history…
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The MKULTRA Conspiracy

by John Lisle

Project Mind Control's John Lisle explains how something as classified…
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Featured Excerpt: Whack Job

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job is a brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational…
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