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An American Journalist Under Castro’s Shadow
by David Ariosto
For David Ariosto, the island of Cuba is an intriguing new world, unmoored…
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The Mafia’s President: Nixon and the Mob
by Don Fulsom Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the patron…
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Reserva del Comandante: Fidel Castro’s Private Account
by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez To free himself from all control, Fidel had long ago created, in…
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Hemingway and Cuba: Through the Smoke of a 102-year-old’s Cigar
by Brin-Jonathan Butler Gregorio Fuentes, the model for Hemingway’s humble Santiago in The Old Man and…
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Guarding Fidel Castro: His Double Life and Infidelity
by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez THE CASTRO DYNASTY There is nothing ordinary about Fidel Castro. He is…
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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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Elvis and the Colonel
Elvis and the Colonel by Greg McDonald and Marshall Terrill is a fresh biography of legendary…
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The Spirits of Iwo Jima
by P. T. Deutermann
Doing the research for my latest novel, Iwo, 26 Charlie, was a…
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But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America
by Jack Kelly
In October 1781, after Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to the American forces…
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Must-Read History Books of 2023
From spies, assassins, and dirty tricks in WWII to a revealing new biography of Jacqueline Kennedy…
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The Last Outlaws
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days…
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Saving Ancestors’ Graves
by Tom Clavin
With the film Killers of the Flower Moon casting a spotlight not just on the…
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
Author Matthew J. Davenport’s new book The Longest Minute tells the riveting and tragic true story…
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The London Beer Flood
by Tom Clavin
Two hundred and nine years ago, an event took place that was both…
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