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Napoleonic Wars
Alexander Cochrane and the Enduring Myths of the War of 1812
By Willard Sterne Randall
The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably the least understood American war.
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Napoleonic Wars
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The Confederacy Myth
by Connor Williams
by Connor Williams
What can Americans learn about our divided country today from the Civil War that divided us
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Remembering Lillian Smith
by Keri Leigh Merritt
by Keri Leigh Merritt
Lillian Smith was a remarkable Southern white woman who fought to end segregation as early as
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The Phantom
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Germans knew U.S. Marine Pete Ortiz as
Das
Fantom. They had placed a half a million
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Carve Out Time for October’s New History Reads
As the weather cools and the days grow shorter, there is no better time to settle
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An Inconvenient Woman
by Keri Leigh Merritt
by Keri Leigh Merritt
A key figure in the early civil rights movement, Lillian Smith devoted her life to ending
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Alexander
by Edmund Richardson
by Edmund Richardson
Alexander the Great was a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of
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Confronting America
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer
In
Confronting America
, Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer argue that Americans have lost sight of
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Ash and Honor
by Jeffrey Robinson
by Jeffrey Robinson
From the secret service agent keeping President Bush safe to the fighter jet pilots on a
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Featured Excerpt: Confronting America
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer