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The True Story of Marine Special Operations Team 8222
by Michael Golembesky The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two men of Marine Special…
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Colonel Peter Ortiz and the Covert Marines
Michael E. Haskew Among the most compelling and least known U.S. Marine exploits of World War…
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VMF N-541: Night Fighter Squadron in the Philippines
Michael E. Haskew VMF N-541 Night Fighter Squadron During the spring and summer of 1944, the…
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Major General William Rupertus: The Marine Rifleman’s Creed
Michael E. Haskew Major General William Rupertus was a tough old school Marine. He grudgingly refused…
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Marine Corps Desegregation: WWII Begins to Break Barriers
Michael E. Haskew Although President Harry S. Truman did not sign the legislation that officially ratified Marine Corps…
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Little Dynamite: The 75mm Pack Howitzer
Michael E. Haskew Nicknamed “Little Dynamite”, the 75mm pack howitzer proved its worth with the 1st…
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The Higgins Boat: America’s First Amphibious Warfare Strategy
Michael E. Haskew From the inception of amphibious warfare strategy and tactics, the Marine Corps sought…
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Marine Corps Base Quantico: Starting Marine Amphibious Warfare
Michael E. Haskew Marine Corps Base Quantico Perhaps the best known permanent facility operated by the…
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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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Marine Raiders: Evans Carlson’s Noble Experiment
Michael E. Haskew The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so bravely…
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Riveting Historical Reads: April 2025
Looking for your next history read? Check out our favorite new history books publishing in April…
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The Ride
by Kostya Kennedy
Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America’s most famous founding events,…
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Julie of Saxe-Coburg’s Sister-in-Law: Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
by Helen Rappaport
New York Times bestselling author Helen Rappaport shares the unhappy, dynastic marriage of…
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Naples 1944
by Keith Lowe
Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during…
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Propaganda Girls
by Lisa Rogak
In Propaganda Girls, bestselling author Lisa Rogak reveals the incredible untold story of…
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The Siren Song of False History
by Keith Lowe
Keith Lowe writes about how the myth of Parthenope, entwined with historical misconceptions…
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Looking at Women Looking at War
by Victoria Amelina
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing…
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The 1770 Massacre in Boston
by Tom Clavin
Coinciding with the 255th anniversary of the Boston Massacre on March 5, 2025,…
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