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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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‘Gunplay’ in the Wild West
by Tom Clavin
This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the…
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Schley: The Navy Man Who Saved Greely
by Buddy Levy
Commander Winfield Scott Schley (4th from left) and men who rescued Greely…
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The Pinkertons in Myth and History
by Tore C. Olsson
William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam…
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I Am a Respectable Person
by Jack Kelly
Elizabeth Jennings Graham. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. “We…
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President Carter
by Stuart E. Eizenstat
Grounding the B-1 Bomber Exclusive picture of President…
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Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday
by Tom Clavin
Depiction of the fighting near Dunker Church by Thure…
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The Finest Rough-and-Tumble Fighter
by Jack Kelly
Florence Kelley’s father, William, taught his daughter to read in 1866 using books…
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A Place to Hide
by Ronald H. Balson
A Place to Hide is my ninth novel and the seventh set…
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