The Turkish-made drone has proved a game-changer in Ukraine — and even inspired a song.
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Book Review: The 6 Best Western Histories
Looking for a primer on Western history? Start with these half dozen
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Israel’s Bait-and-Switch: When the IAF Lured Soviet MiGs to Their Destruction
In 1970 the Israeli Air Force took a page from Colonel Robin Olds’ 1967 Vietnam War Operation Bolo, luring Soviet-flown MiG-21s into air combat and shooting down five.
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Was This the UK’s Worst Spy Failure of World War II?
Failure to detect a long-running Abwehr counterintelligence operation cost the SOE numerous secrets—and lives.
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Cuban Missile Crisis: How Close America Came to Nuclear War With Russia
Archival information about the Cuban Missile Crisis shows just how close we came to nuclear Armageddon
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North Vietnam Tried to Exploit American Racism with POWs. It Didn’t Work
Communist authorities hoped that these two American POWs would hate each other. Instead they became best friends.
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Book Review: ‘Battle for the Barb: The Attack and Defense of Culp’s Hill’
For the past few decades, Culp’s Hill has been the overlooked high ground of the Gettysburg battlefield.
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Meet Horace H. Smith: Survivor of the Battle of Shiloh
A chance encounter in the Library of Congress led to the story of a Civil War casualty. Initials scratched onto a cartridge box and on a cap gave me the clues I needed to solve this mystery.
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Texas Ranger Wonder Gun: Broomhandle Mauser C96
From Texas Rangers to Clint Eastwood and James Bond, the semiautomatic Mauser C96 is an iconic weapon.
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Law and Some Disorder in the Wild West
Most Old West lawmen did laudable duty, some even became famous—
but a few others stood out by working both sides of the law.