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The Lewis Chessmen: Brexit and a New North Sea Style
by Nancy Marie Brown Look at a map and remember the key position this area enjoyed…
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The Higgins Boat: America’s First Amphibious Warfare Strategy
Michael E. Haskew From the inception of amphibious warfare strategy and tactics, the Marine Corps sought…
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The Battle of Cambrai–St Quentin, Sept 27 – Oct 9,1918
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The attack on the Cambrai–St Quentin sector was…
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The Incredible Case of Monsignor Scarano
by Gianluigi Nuzzi In March 2013, before the election of the new Pontiff, the prosecutors’ offices…
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Thomas Farriner: The Man Who Started Great Fire of London
by Rebecca Rideal As the sun set on another hot day, an easterly wind danced through…
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The Battle of Gettysburg, 1–3 July 1863
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab On 30 June, Meade advised MGen John Reynolds…
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The Battle of Shiloh, 6–7 April 1862
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Just 2km south-west of Pittsburg Landing was Shiloh…
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Marine Fighting Squadron VMF 221: Defending Midway
Michael E. Haskew During the weeks that followed the outbreak of war, the garrison on Midway…
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The NY Giants Deals That Never Were: Trump, Taylor & Schnellenberger
by Jerry Barca In early December 1984, two days after the NY Giants lost their tenth…
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The Battle of Little Bighorn, 25–26 June 1876
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Little Bighorn, more than a third of Lt…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?
by Tore C. Olsson
In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”
by Heath Hardage Lee
As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About
by Tore C. Olsson
Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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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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