Military History

WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so…
Wcag Heading Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Wcag Heading Just 2km south-west of…
Wcag Heading Michael E. Haskew Wcag Heading During the weeks that followed the outbreak of war,…
WCAG HeadingMichael E. Haskew WCAG HeadingEwa Marine Corps Air Station Technical Sergeant Henry H. Anglin rose…
Wcag Heading by Nick Irving Wcag Heading Timing is Everything: from the book Way of The…
Wcag Heading Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Wcag Heading American Battles and Campaigns…
Wcag Heading by Robert Coram Wcag Heading Robert Lee Scott Jr. For all of his long…
Wcag Heading Michael E. Haskew Wcag Heading Marine Corps Recruit Training Marine Corps recruit training was…
Wcag Heading by Isabel George I am always, and will no doubt remain, in awe of…
Wcag Heading by David Vine Wcag Heading An introduction to the American Empire Project From a…

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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…

The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery

The Escapes of David George Timeline

by Gregory E. O'Malley

by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…

Featured Excerpt: The Great Abolitionist

Southern Chivalry Argument versus Club's depiction, 1856.

by Stephen Puleo

The Great Abolitionist is the first major biography of Charles Sumner to be published…

Falling in Love with Texas’ Worst Town

Texas Ranger Frank Hamer

by Joe Pappalardo

From a wrestler with cauliflower ears to ill-used dance hall girls to everyday…

I Told You So!

Thomas Sydenham – English physician (1624–1689).

by Matt Kaplan

From Darwin to Pasteur to modern-day scientists, Matt Kaplan's I Told You So!…

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The Battle of Wounded Knee

Portrait of Sitting Bull taken at the studio William Notman & Son, in Montreal, Canada, in 1885

by Tom Clavin

Two weeks after the death of Sitting Bull, tensions were high between the…

Featured Excerpt: Emilio Pucci

Il Deputato Liberale Emilio Pucci, IV Legislatura Repubblica Italiana, 2016. Courtesy of Wikimedia. Public Domain.

by by Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci

Terence Ward and Idanna Pucci with a foreword by Suzy Menkes When people think of fashion…

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