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Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control
by Stephen Kinzer
The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA’s master magician and gentlehearted torturer—the…
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The League of Wives: Women Who Fought to Bring Vietnam POWs Home
by Heath Hardage Lee
On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six…
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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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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?
by Tore C. Olsson
In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”
by Heath Hardage Lee
As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About
by Tore C. Olsson
Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives
by Kathleen Sheppard
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted
by Tom Clavin
This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World
David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?
by Tom Clavin
One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day
by Tom Clavin
As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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