Vietnam

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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Operation Chaos: An Untold Cold War Story

by Matthew Sweet Stockholm, 1968. A thousand American deserters and draft-resisters are arriving to escape the war…

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A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir

by Philip Caputo

The 40th-anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series…

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The Vietnam War’s Effect on Nixon’s 1968 Win

by James Wright

by James E. Wright By the fall of 1968, a majority of Americans agreed that Vietnam was…

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The Battle of Khe Sanh, January 21 – April 8, 1968

Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Khe Sanh combat base, built on a hilltop…

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The Battle of Hue, January 30 – March 3, 1969

Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab As part of the Tet Offensive of 1968,…

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Long Binh Jail: US Military Prisons in the Vietnam War

by Hannah Kohler Over the course of the Vietnam War, the US Army stockade at Long…

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FSB Illingworth Attack: Courage Against Staggering Odds

by Philip Keith Chapter 1: THE TRAP IS BAITED AT FSB ILLINGWORTH It was quiet, but…

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Honoring America’s POW/MIA Wives

by Alvin Townley Jane Denton knew why the dark sedan had arrived that day in July…

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Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Patrick Sloyan One of my goals in writing The Politics of Deception: JFK’S Secret Decisions…

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Vietnam

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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Vietnam

The League of Wives: Women Who Fought to Bring Vietnam POWs Home

Operation Chaos: An Untold Cold War Story

A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir

The Vietnam War’s Effect on Nixon’s 1968 Win

The Battle of Khe Sanh, January 21 – April 8, 1968

The Battle of Hue, January 30 – March 3, 1969

Long Binh Jail: US Military Prisons in the Vietnam War

FSB Illingworth Attack: Courage Against Staggering Odds

Honoring America’s POW/MIA Wives

Reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam

What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

by Tom Clavin

Army Rangers on D-Day

by Tom Clavin

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