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The Age of Illusions
: Al, Fred, and Homer’s America
by Andrew J. Bacevich
In The Age of Illusions, Andrew J. Bacevich presents a thought-provoking and…
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Operation Chaos: An Untold Cold War Story
by Matthew Sweet Stockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war…
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How Sears Saved Christmas from the Soviets
by Philip Jett It was November 30, 1955, and the Cold War was raging. The U.S.…
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Ben Sasse: The Downfall of American Adolescence
by Ben Sasse How did we get to this point—where a large portion of our people in…
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Guy Burgess: The Life of a Cold War Double Agent
by Andrew Lownie
When Harold Macmillan, now the Prime Minister, visited the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev…
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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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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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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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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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