Decision in the Heartland—The Civil War in the West by Steven E. Woodworth, Praeger […]
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CWT Book Review: Causes Won, Lost & Forgotten
Causes Won, Lost & Forgotten—How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know About […]
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‘The Monitor Is No More’
USS Monitor’s famous clash with CSS Virginia is etched in history. But perhaps its […]
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Dark Days in the Southland
A reporter’s 1865 trip through the defeated Confederacy revealed a ravaged landscape and bitter people.
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Conversation with David Stafford
In 2004, British historian David Stafford’s Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on […]
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Fight to the Finish on Leyte
MacArthur’s strategic blunders in taking Leyte were matched only by the Japanese army’s miscalculations.
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The Athenian Century
For the better part of a hundred years, Athens commanded an empire to be reckoned with. But the Parthenon and every other emblem of the polis’s greatness rested on a watery foundation: the navy
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Get Everybody Out!: The Battle of Kham Duc
In May 1968, more than 1,500 were surrounded by an advancing enemy at Kham Duc
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WWII Today: November 2009
Archaeologists Search for a Lost Marine Patrol on Guadalcanal It was a dark, moonless […]
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The Unintended Revolution
Mexico’s war of independence started out as a coup and ended—thanks to a charismatic […]