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World War II: The Fear and the Freedom

by Keith Lowe

The Second World War was not just another crisis—it directly affected more people…
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Cecil Vandepeer Clarke: Churchill’s Secret Weapon

by Giles Milton Cecil Vandepeer Clarke viewed his caravan with the sort of affection that most…
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Major Pappy Boyington: Commander of the Black Sheep Squadron

Michael E. Haskew One of the legendary fighting units to emerge from the Solomon Islands Campaign,…
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Churchill and His Money: No More Champagne

No More Champagne

by David Lough

An Introduction: Churchill and his Money This book owes its genesis to a…
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Joe Kennedy Jr.: Fallen Hero of Operation Aphrodite

Joe Kennedy Jr. - Operation Aphrodite
By Alan Axelrod Winston Churchill titled a chapter of his monumental history of World War II…
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The Game Must Go On: The Great Days of Baseball During WWII

Hank Greenberg- The Game Must Go on
by John Klima The war years have often been characterized as a void in time where…
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A Lucky Honor: On Publishing Georg Rauch’s Unlikely Warrior

Unlikely Warrior
by Wesley Adams What a privilege to have had the chance to acquire and edit the…
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Featured Excerpt: Whack Job

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job is a brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational…
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Featured Excerpt: The Last Secret Agent

by Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson

After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II…
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Fascinating Historical Finds: May 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out our favorite new history books publishing in May…
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Lincoln Ellsworth—American Polar Explorer (Part II)

by Buddy Levy

In Part I published previously on The History Reader, author Buddy Levy introduces…
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Guns, Chainsaws and Swords: The Rivals of the Humble Axe

Ahmose ceremonial axe

by Rachel McCarthy James

Whack Job author Rachel McCarthy James takes a look at how guns, chainsaws,…
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Lincoln’s First Responder

by Tom Clavin

Earlier this week—April 14th—was the 160th anniversary of our Sixteenth President's assassination. Author…
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Featured Excerpt: The Rebel Romanov

by Helen Rappaport

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of a…
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Featured Excerpt: Project Mind Control

DCI Allen Dulles on the cover of Time magazine in 1953, the year that he established MKULTRA.

by John Lisle

In Project Mind Control, John Lisle reveals inside story of the CIA’s secret mind control project,…
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