Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered an iron mask worn by a cavalryman in ancient Rome’s army circa 1,800 years ago
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Book Review: War In the Villages
Author Ted Easterling examines strengths and weaknesses in a U.S. program established to win the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese population
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This Brilliant British Naval Commander Was His Own Worst Enemy
British Admiral Thomas Cochrane excelled in the navies of three nations, but his combative nature nearly made him a footnote in naval history
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No Rest for Man or Beast: The Brutal Battle of Yellow Tavern
“Six Days of Awful Fighting” shows the chaos and violence of cavalry warfare and its impact on the movements of both Union and Confederate armies leading to the bloodbath at Cold Harbor
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Army Cadets Observe the Time-Honored Tradition of Stealing the Navy’s Goat. Only This Year, They Stole the Wrong One
This year the cadets fumbled their mission. Hard.
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Book Review: Nuclear Folly / A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
It is tempting to think that, 60 years and multiple historical accounts later, there is nothing new to be learned or said about this seminal episode of the Cold War
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Book Review: The Devil’s Trick / How Canada Fought the Vietnam War
Author John Boyko presents six biographies that demonstrate the diversity of Canada’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Legend of DB Cooper: What Happened to History’s Most Famous Hijacker?
Fifty years later, mystery still surrounds the hijacking of a 727 over the Pacific Northwest — the only unsolved air piracy incident in commercial aviation history.
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Book Review: Sleeper Agent / The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away
Ann Hagedorn relates the Cold War espionage of Russian spy George Koval, an ostensibly American engineer with top-secret clearance
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How Anti-Asian Hate Became Rooted in America’s Immigration Laws
Xenophobic attitudes shaped U.S. immigration policy, complicating the lives of many Asian Americans who went from being invisible to being dehumanized