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To Catch a Traitor
Recruited by George Washington to kidnap the turncoat Benedict Arnold, John Champe had to […]
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Everyman’s Gun–The AK-47
How Cold War politics made the AK-47 the world’s most ubiquitous gun. Plus—Fidel, Saddam, […]
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Revolution Unleashed
In the 1950s, Algerian rebels fought the French for independence, losing nearly every battle, […]
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Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Ride
On San Juan Hill, a boyhood tenderfoot became a war hero.
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United We Stand
Whatever other motives the Federals had for fighting the war, the ideal of ‘Union’ […]
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The Great Greek Turncoat
During the 431–404 BC Peloponnesian War, the unscrupulous Alcibiades was a victorious general—for all […]
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Arsenal of Venice: World’s First Weapons Factory
Venice’s maritime power arose from a shipyard that with mass-production techniques, superb organization and […]
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What Ever Happened to the French Foreign Legion?
Conceived in fear and mistrust, this fighting force of unmanageable misfits and deserters survived, […]
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What We Learned From… Nagashino, 1575
On June 28, 1575, in central Honshu, Japan, warlord Nobunaga Oda led a force […]