MarineMonday

WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew Major General William Rupertus was a tough old school Marine. He grudgingly…
WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew WCAG HeadingMarine Corps Base Quantico Perhaps the best known permanent facility operated…
WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew One of the legendary fighting units to emerge from the Solomon Islands…
WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so…
WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew WCAG HeadingEwa Marine Corps Air Station Technical Sergeant Henry H. Anglin rose…
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Featured Excerpt: Gemini

stronaut James Lovell is photographed inside his Gemini spacecraft during the Gemini-12 mission

by Jeffrey Kluger

Named by Time Magazine as one of the most anticipated books of fall…

Featured Excerpt: Progress

Ancient civilization

by Samuel Miller McDonald

In Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now Threatens to Destroy…

2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The History Reader 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
This December, we're taking a look back at the many fascinating history books that published this…

Featured Excerpt: Family of Spies

It began with a mysterious letter from a screenwriter, asking about a story. Your family. World…

Post-Holocene Progress

Maerten van Heemskerck - Panorama with the Abduction of Helen Amidst the Wonders of the Ancient World

by Samuel Miller McDonald

Samuel Miller McDonald's book, Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization and Now…

The Last Launch of the Gemini Program

Gemini 12 prime crew: Astronauts James A. Lovell Jr. (right), command pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot.

by Jeffrey Kluger

On November 11, 1966, NASA launched Gemini 12, the last manned spaceflight in…

Featured Excerpt: A Promise Delivered

Van Thomas Barfoot newly promoted US Army Lieutenant circa 1944.

by Ty Seidule and Connor Williams

In 2020, a bipartisan act of Congress mandated changing the…

Featured Excerpt: A Biography of a Mountain

Mt. Rushmore

by Matthew Davis

In A Biography of a Mountain, Matthew Davis shares a  comprehensive narrative history…

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