American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, by David W. Blight, […]
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Daily Quiz for February 19, 2012
He commanded the Army of the Potomac at the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg in mid-December of 1862.
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Book Review: John Brown’s Body
‘John Brown’s Body’ by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928, remains a vibrant tapestry of America’s diversity and its unity, its 15,000 lines re-imagining the Civil War as Lincoln understood it.
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MHQ Reviews: Cain at Gettysburg
MHQ Home Page Cain at Gettysburg By Ralph Peters. 432 pp. Forge, 2012. $25.99. […]
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What If Werner Heisenberg Had Been a Nazi?
The man who had a potential to be the world’s greatest atomic physicist could have tipped power into Germany’s favor.
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Keeping a Date with Chris Noel
How a million GIs in Vietnam seduced one Hollywood starlet who was talking to them over the airwaves
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Book Review: A Civil War Medley
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War by Tony […]
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Rage Over the Rapido
An ill-conceived diversionary attack across an Italian river destroyed an American division in early 1944. Who was to blame?
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War of 1812: Big Night in Baltimore
The stubborn Americans foiled the 1814 British siege of Fort McHenry—and the flag was still there at dawn
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Interview: Ron Maxwell / Gods and Generals
A HistoryNet exclusive interview with director Ron Maxwell about the extended director’s cut of his film Gods and Generals.