Karl Marlantes went to war in 1968 as a 23-year-old lieutenant and led a […]
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‘Let There Be Light’: How a Film on PTSD Worried the Army
Aiming to illuminate an invisible combat injury, the groundbreaking film became a casualty itself.
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Rare Artifacts from Salem Witch Trials Now on Display
Spooky season is upon us, and while the entirety of 2020 may already seem […]
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1800: America’s First Explosive Election
Polarized partisanship, deep animosity among candidates, worry about the peaceful transfer of power—sound familiar?
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Book Review: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life / The Paranoid Style in American Politics
A new edition introduces historian Richard Hofstadter to the conspiracy theory generation.
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97-Year-Old Silver Star Iwo Jima Veteran to be Oldest Marine Participant in Marine Corps Marathon
A veteran who fought at Iwo Jima during World War II is looking to […]
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Bolivar’s Boy General: Marshal Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre was just 15 when he joined ‘El Libertador’ in the Spanish American wars of independence
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Camp Shanks: Last Stop, U.S.A.
As the war effort ramped up to full speed, U.S. Army planners turned 2,000 acres of quiet New York farmland into the busiest military embarkation camp in the world.
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Interview: Michel Paradis / War and Justice
Michel Paradis relates the 1942 Doolittle Raid against Japan, its repercussions and the fates of those who undertook it.
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The Daring Exploits of ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill
In modern warfare with rifles, machine guns, grenades, and artillery the man who shows […]