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To Bail Out or Burn Up?
by Tom Clavin
Read on for an excerpt that discusses Joe Moser's fight for survival in…
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The Long Gray Line: All-New Audio!
by Rick Atkinson
by The History Reader In the first unabridged audio version of The Long Gray Line, author Rick…
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How a Small Alaskan Refueling Stop Became Home to the US Army’s Elite Missile Defenders
by Daniel Wasserbly
With unprecedented access to the highly classified strategic nerve centers of U.S. Northern…
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Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 24 – 26, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab In terms of tonnage of warships deployed, the…
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The Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers: This Divided Island
by Samantha Subramanian In conversations about politics in Sri Lanka, and therefore in conversations about the…
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Who Really was America’s First Flying Ace: The Case for Eddie Rickenbacker
by John F. Ross In Spring of 1918, during World War I, two American pilots entered…
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Operation Chowhound: As Historically Important as D-Day
by Stephen Dando-Collins Seventy years ago, in February, 1945, 3.5 million Dutch civilians in German-occupied Holland,…
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In Praise of Fear: from an American Warrior
by Gary O'Neal “Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen…
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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
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What Happens Before the First Shots Are Fired?
by General Tony Zinni Throughout our history we have committed our military to action hundreds of…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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