Office of Strategic Services

A Secret Agent’s Pride

by John Lisle

The Dirty Tricks Department by John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and

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Goodbye OSS and Hello CIA: National Security Act of 1947

By Callie Oettinger

July 26, 1947 the National Security Act was approved: To promote the national security by providing

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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

Lillian Smith was a remarkable Southern white woman who fought to end segregation as early as

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Featured Excerpt: The Phantom

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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Featured Excerpt: An Inconvenient Woman

by Keri Leigh Merritt

A key figure in the early civil rights movement, Lillian Smith devoted her life to ending

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Featured Excerpt: Alexander

by Edmund Richardson

Alexander the Great was a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon who ruled most of

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Featured Excerpt: Confronting America

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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Featured Excerpt: Ash and Honor

by Jeffrey Robinson

From the secret service agent keeping President Bush safe to the fighter jet pilots on a

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Office of Strategic Services

A Secret Agent’s Pride

Goodbye OSS and Hello CIA: National Security Act of 1947

Office of Strategic Services

Featured Excerpt: The Confederacy Myth

by Connor Williams

Remembering Lillian Smith

by Keri Leigh Merritt

Featured Excerpt: The Phantom

by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Carve Out Time for October’s New History Reads

Featured Excerpt: An Inconvenient Woman

by Keri Leigh Merritt

Featured Excerpt: Alexander

by Edmund Richardson

Featured Excerpt: Confronting America

by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer

Featured Excerpt: Ash and Honor

by Jeffrey Robinson

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