Fresh from their major victory in New York City, the British looked to crush the fledgling nation in 1777 with a two-pronged offensive
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Japan’s Trafalgar: The Battle of Tsushima Strait
In 1905 a Japanese admiral who fancied himself the reincarnation of Horatio Nelson waged a battle for the ages against a Russian fleet at Tsushima Strait
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The Seven Days Campaign — A Turning Point More Important than Antietam?
George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee, and a watershed campaign
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A Controversial Question: Did the CIA Lead an Assassination Program in Vietnam?
A CIA-inspired plan to round up Viet Cong leaders, known as the Phoenix Program, was one of the most misunderstood aspects of the war
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One of the Most Consequential Weapons in Military History: A Wristwatch
In wars throughout history, for better or for worse, the clock has always been ticking
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‘Battle of the Beams’: Germany’s Invisible Secret Weapon That Could Have Devastated Britain
Physicist R.V. Jones helped foil the Luftwaffe’s sophisticated radio navigation system.
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INTERVIEW: Gen. David Petraeus / The Most Important Lesson I Learned
David Petraeus speaks with Vietnam magazine on the lessons of the war and their impact on the senior military leadership.
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How Harlem Hellfighter James Reese Europe Became a Ragtime Legend
“He was our benefactor and inspiration,” Eubie Blake, the jazz great, once said of James Reese Europe, who wielded a baton, not a rifle, for much of World War I.
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Thaddeus Stevens: The Evolution of the Egalitarian
The congressman did not start out a revolutionary; he became one
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Elizabeth Freeman: The Enslaved Woman who Sued for Freedom in 1780—and Won
Using language in Massachusetts’ state constitution, Freeman, known as ‘Mum Bett,’ successfully challenged her enslavement in court.