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MHQ Reviews: William Colby Is the Man Nobody Knew
The son of former CIA director William Colby tries to understand his father’s dispassionate life and mysterious death
‘Kick the Bully’: Michael Collins Launches the 1921 Irish Rebellion
Leading Irish rebels to victory over Britain in 1921, Michael Collins wrote the script for the Vietcong and Taliban.
National Salute to Veterans
‘National Salute to Veterans’ honoring our 22 million American veterans airs on PBS Nov. 11, 2012, with co-hosts Joe Mantegna (‘Criminal Minds’) and Gary Sinise (‘CSI: New York’).
Conversation with Joe Mantegna
“I know there are a lotta great stories out there about World War II,” […]
Tribe Apart
Wounded modern-day warriors find solace and strength at the historic Battle of the Bulge site
‘Something Dark and Bloody’: What Happened at My Lai?
U.S. Army lieutenant William Calley was court-martialed for the tragic March 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam. But was war itself to blame?
Fighting Words: The Language of Cruelty
MHQ’s lexicographer Christine Ammer explains the origin of words associated with wartime atrocities
Operation Cedar Falls: Search and Destroy in the Iron Triangle
Criticized for advocating a big-unit war, Gen. Westmoreland launched Cedar Falls in Jan. 1967 to assault a VC bastion
