Jack Northrop dreamed big with his futuristic flying wing, but the radical bomber proved too great a technological leap for his company to bridge in the late 1940s.
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Two of World War II’s Greatest Codebreaking Achievements Shared a Remarkable Common Element
An improbable route took William F. Friedman from the study of plant genetics to a reputation as father of U.S. cryptology—one that made a huge impact on the war.
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Mosby’s Rangers: Legends on Horseback
The Partisan Rangers had a big hand in bringing the ‘Gray Ghost’ plenty of […]
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The Death of ‘Tailgunner Joe’ McCarthy
The gentleman from Wisconsin engendered at least as much discourse in death as in life.
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When Ernest Hemingway Went from Writer to Fighter
Colonel Charles T. Lanham and Ernest Hemingway each had something the other wanted. Their interests merged in 1944 on Europe’s battlefields.
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Jungle Fights Back: Crocodiles at Ramree Island, 1945
Soldiers fighting on Ramree Island in 1945 faced a more treacherous foe than any […]
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Interview: Edward L. Ayers / Civil War Historian
Ayers argues that America should acknowledge the importance of emancipation with a national holiday.
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Book Review: The Confederacy’s Bid for a Continental Empire
Texans’ futile battle for access to gold and Pacific ports.
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Embattled Banner: The True History of the Confederate Flag
The history of the Confederate Flag is full of myth and hearsay. So here’s the truth of how it emerged during the Civil War—and its meaning then and now.
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Top Pentagon Leaders Open to Renaming Posts Named After Confederate Generals
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Defense Secretary Mark Esper are open to the possibility of […]