Aviation History magazine nominates the 13 ugliest airplanes ever to fly.
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Daily Quiz for March 9, 2011
During the Peloponnesian War this ancient Greek served as a commander for both Athens and Sparta.
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Civil War Soldiers: Decimated by Disease
Not long after the Civil War opened in 1861, measles cut down the ranks of an Alabama infantry unit like a biblical plague or the medieval Black Death.
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Calm Before the Storm: 8th Georgia Infantry Regiment in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, 1861
After Virginia’s secession in 1861 and the start of the Civil War, General Joseph E. Johnston and his men experienced an idyllic summer in the northern Shenandoah Valley.
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Building the Army of the Potomac
Stephen Sears writes of how the Army of the Potomac’s politically appointed generals and short-term volunteer troops nearly unhinged Lincoln’s plans in 1861 to win the Civil War.
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Daily Quiz for March 8, 2011
Big Nose Kate (Mary Katherine Horony or Haroney) was the on-and-off companion of this Old West figure.
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Game Review: Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind, by Paradox Interactive
In Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind, by Paradox Interactive, players jump in to World War II from either a Japanese or Chinese perspective.
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Book Review: Washington / A Life
In Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow has a candid, honest look at the often-mythologized American commander in chief and first president.
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Book Review: The Envoy, by Alex Kershaw
In The Envoy, author Alex Kershaw looks at the efforts of Swede Raoul Wallenberg to rescue Jews from Nazi-occupied Budapest in the closing months of World War II.
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Book Review: The Real Falstaff, by Stephen Cooper
In The Real Falstaff, author Stephen Cooper reveals the mischaracterized real-life man behind the Shakespearean myth.