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Book Review: I am a Soldier of Fortune
I Am Soldier of Fortune: Dancing with Devils by Robert K. Brown, Casemate Publishers, […]
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Our Woman in Saigon
He was an American spy. She was a South Vietnamese chemist for an oil […]
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Descent into the DMZ
The story of a Marine assault force’s tragic landing during Operation Beau Charger is […]
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The Making of a Hero: Douglas MacArthur’s Daring Mexican Heroics
A brash young U.S. Army officer lived up to his hair-raising heritage
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Something to Write Tomes About
The war’s brutality changed American literature for good. What is the best American Civil […]
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The Soviet Union’s Invasion of Afghanistan Was a Fiasco—as Invasions of Afghanistan Always Are
In 1979, Moscow intervened in a bloody Afghan civil war. That was their first mistake.
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The Cost of Victory
It’s a truism as old as warfare itself—spectacular victories often at a terrible cost. […]
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What We Learned from the Bay of Pigs, 1961
The epitaph for the disastrous April 17–19, 1961, attempt to overthrow communist dictator Fidel […]
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Book Review: SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird
SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, the World’s Highest, Fastest Plane by […]