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Life and Death in Berlin: Discovering the City Through the Zeitzeugenbörse

by Sinclair McKay

Wcag Heading These were children who had known only a world of violence.…
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The Winter War

by Tom Clavin

WCAG Heading Oops, Russia did it again. While that country’s historians might not…
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William Bullitt: The Champagne Ambassador

by David McKean

WCAG Heading President-elect Franklin Roosevelt liked William Bullitt the moment they met. Bullitt was…
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How Sears Saved Christmas from the Soviets

WCAG Headingby Philip Jett It was November 30, 1955, and the Cold War was raging. The…
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How Operation Torch’s Flame Was Set Alight

WCAG Headingby Michael E. Haskew Operation Torch, a highly complex endeavor scheduled for November 8, 1942,…
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After Yeltsin: A Historic Change in Russian Attitudes toward Americans

WCAG HeadingBy Lisa Dickey The first time I traveled across Russia, in the fall of 1995,…
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Guy Burgess: The Life of a Cold War Double Agent

by Andrew Lownie

WCAG Heading When Harold Macmillan, now the Prime Minister, visited the Soviet leader Nikita…
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A Lucky Honor: On Publishing Georg Rauch’s Unlikely Warrior

Unlikely Warrior
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG Headingby Wesley Adams What a privilege to have had the chance to acquire…
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Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis

Herald Tribune 10-29-1962
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading by Patrick Sloyan One of my goals in writing The…
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The Red Baron and Early Flyboys During WWI

Photograph of Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron.

by Tom Clavin

To celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended WWI on…
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History Reads: July 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

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by Jack Kelly

In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…
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Ben Franklin Gets Juiced With a Little Hemp

Ben West's painting of Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky.

by Tim Queeney

In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…
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Dear Mr. Coppola: A True War Story from Việt Nam

by Alex Vernon

Alex Vernon, author of Peace Is a Shy Thing, discusses reality versus cinema…
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Historical Summer Reading: June 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing…
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10 Genius Ideas from the Roman Empire That Still Matter Today

The Roman Empire Got It Right

by Steven Marr

The Roman Empire’s brilliance is far from ancient history. The Roman Empire Got…
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Chor-Bazaar: The Thieves Market

by Nev March

The Silversmith's Puzzle author Nev March explains the storied history…
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