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Cry Havoc by Joseph Maiolo

Gene Santoro | Published: December 01, 2010 at 11:31 am
How the arms race drove the world to war.

Pre Civil War Peace Conference

Harold Holzer | Published: November 08, 2010 at 3:35 pm
As secession fever spreads through the South, political patriarchs try to avert war—-but at what price?

Zero Hour on Nihau

Richard B. Frank | Published: October 29, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Did the actions of a handful of people on a remote Hawaiian island lead to the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor?

Stalin the Puppetmaster

laurence rees | Published: October 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm
How the Soviet leader charmed his way through negotiations with the Allies.

Lincoln Campaigns in New Hampshire

Ron Soodalter | Published: September 03, 2010 at 11:37 am
A wonderfully intimate glimpse of Lincoln the public speaker comes to us from his trip to New Hampshire in 1860 to visit his eldest son, Robert, at Phillips Exeter Academy.

Was Secession Legal

Jonathan Turley | Published: September 01, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Southerners insisted they could legally bolt from the Union. Northerners swore they could not. War would settle the matter for good. Over the centuries, various excuses have been employed for starting wars. Wars have been fought over land or honor. …

Alice Paul

Marlee Newman | Published: August 04, 2010 at 9:28 am
Courageous or reckless, Alice Paul spearheaded a new suffrage campaign for American women

National Woman Suffrage Procession

Marlee Newman | Published: August 04, 2010 at 9:27 am
The 1913 National Woman Suffrage Procession was a turning point for American women seeking the right to vote

American women's long road to political power

Published: August 04, 2010 at 9:26 am
A brief timeline of American women’s long road to political power

A Short History of the Filibuster

Peter Carlson | Published: August 04, 2010 at 9:24 am
Defenders say Senate filibusters protect minority rights. Opponents say they make a mockery of majority rule.

Visiting Potsdam, Where World War II Ended and the Cold War Began

Gene Santoro | Published: July 30, 2010 at 11:29 am
Prussia's second capital is home to years of rich history, much of which survived the war, just a day trip from Berlin.

Win This Game With More Than Bullets

Ryan Burke | Published: July 30, 2010 at 9:49 am
This new grand strategy game shows the might of ruling with economic savvy

The Spy Who Saved the Soviets

Stuart D. Goldman | Published: July 30, 2010 at 9:29 am
The seductive spy Richard Sorge, a German in Japan, paved Stalin's path to victory

The Hard Truth About Fragging

Peter Brush | Published: July 28, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Unprecedented declines in morale and discipline among troops in Vietnam spawned fragging a phenomenon forever tied to the Vietnam War in which the M26, M61 or M67 fragmentation grenade was used to kill a superior officer often ending in court-martial

Final Fiasco - The Fall of Saigon

Edward Rasen | Published: July 12, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Newly declassified documents and fresh insight from Frank Snepp, the CIA's chief analyst in Vietnam during 1975, present a revealing new picture of the chaotic final days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, before enemy forces captured Saigon on April 30

Gettysburg is an Endangered Battlefield

Published: July 07, 2010 at 8:55 am
A proposed casino near the site of Pickett's Charge has landed the Gettysburg National Military Park on the Civil War Preservation Trust's list of the 10 most endangered battlefields in 2010. In its annual report History Under Siege­, CWPT identified …
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