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Takeo Yoshikawa: The Japanese Spy at Pearl Harbor
by Nicholas Best
When the task force slipped out of port on December 5, 1941, a…
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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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How General George Washington Spies Defeated the British
by John A. Nagy General George Washington was always concerned about spies. They were a constant…
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Captain Francis Cromie and the Spies of the Red Revolution
By Stephen Grey Chapter 1: Captain Francis Cromie and the Cult of Intelligence (1909-89) Captain Francis…
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World War I and Vatican Espionage
By Eric Frattini The Vatican I, Rome, Italy, between ca. 1890 and…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives
by Kathleen Sheppard
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted
by Tom Clavin
This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World
David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?
by Tom Clavin
One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day
by Tom Clavin
As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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The Legendary Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo
In his new book Vanishing Act, author Dan Hampton reveals the gripping, untold story of a…
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The Way to Santa Fe
by Tom Clavin
Toward the end of Throne of Grace by Bob Drury and yours truly, the Santa Fe…
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Like Father, Like Son: From Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan
by Tom Sileo
Bob Ollis doesn’t like talking about his harrowing experience in Vietnam. To help…
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