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Tag: American History

The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower book cover.

Book Review: The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy / Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower

by Mike Oppenheim11/29/20224/29/2024

He Was the First to Fly Across America. But Crashed 8 Times Along the Way.

by Steve Wartenberg11/23/202211/28/2022
The Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 book cover art.

Book Review: The Abyss / The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

by Michael Dolan11/22/20224/26/2024

This Panther Pilot’s Combat Mission Was So Secret He Couldn’t Talk About it For 40 Years

by Dave Kindy11/17/20221/23/2023
Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South book cover and background art.

Book Review: Beyond Slavery’s Shadow / See How Free Blacks Survived and Fought Back

by James Baresel11/15/20224/30/2024
The Making of America’s Active Transportation Network book cover with background art.

‘The Making of America’s Active Transportation Network’ Review: Riding The Old Railways

by Michael Leccese11/8/202210/31/2022

This Man Was the Real Founder of San Francisco. Why Doesn’t Anyone Know His Name Today?

by Ramon Vasconcellos11/3/202211/3/2022

Why Howard Hughes Flew the Spruce Goose Only Once

by Christopher Warner11/2/202211/2/2022
What It Took To Win book cover and art. As the Democrats convened in Chicago Stadium on June 28, 1932, delegates and guests milled on the concourse.

Book Review: What It Took to Win / A History of the Democratic Party

by Clayton Trutor11/1/20224/29/2024

When American Planes Fought American Planes in World War II

by Larry Porges10/27/202210/27/2022

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