Picks from the author of The Few, The Bedford Boys, and Escape from the Deep.
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Lisbon: Harbor of Hope and Intrigue
Visit the gathering grounds of Europe’s spies and refugees.
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The High Fashion Photographer Who Took the Navy’s Wartime Portrait
Edward Steichen and his unit captured every side of naval life, from card games to storming beaches.
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Brothers, Rivals, Victors Traces the Tangled Lives of Europe’s Liberators
Brothers, Rivals, Victors By Jonathan W. Jordan. 672 pp. NAL Hardcover, 2011. $28.95. Two […]
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The Age of Airpower Will Likely Stir Debate
The Age of Airpower By Martin van Creveld. 512 pp. PublicAffairs, 2011. $35. Martin […]
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Men of War: Assault Squad Mixes Action and Strategy
It’s not often that a strategy game successfully manages to break free of the […]
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What If the Dieppe Raid Had Succeeded?
Was the invasion really “an indispensable preliminary to full-scale operations,” as Churchill dubbed it?
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Daily Quiz for June 2, 2011
The Babington Plot led to the execution of this English monarch.
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Daily Quiz for June 1, 2011
The Italian-built airship Norge was the first man-made vehicle to fly over this part of the world.
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Picturing the War: the Sadler Collection
Being a historian of World War II puts you in touch with the most […]