Ben Macintyre: Tracking Agent Sonya
In his new book British author Macintyre delves into the hidden life of Soviet communist spy Ursula Kuczynski
‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen Turns 100
During the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift this U.S. Air Force transport pilot made a heartfelt decision that became the public relations coup of the Cold War
Michel Paradis: War and Justice
Michel Paradis relates the 1942 Doolittle Raid against Japan, its repercussions and the fates of those who undertook it
Guy Stern: War of Words
German-born Guy Stern, 98, a "Ritchie Boy" and Bronze Star recipient, parlayed his language skills into a wartime job interrogating the enemy
Nina Willner: Author, Spy, Advocate
An American whose family suffered behind the Iron Curtain, Willner worked against Soviet totalitarianism as a Cold War intel officer
Mark Noah: But Now Am Found
Noah is the founder of History Flight, a nonprofit dedicated to finding and properly interring the remains of missing U.S. service members
Kyle Carpenter: Worth It
The lance corporal doesn’t recall throwing himself between a buddy and a hand grenade—but investigators confirmed his valor
James Fenelon: Four Hours of Fury
Former paratrooper James Fenelon relates Operation Varsity, the March 1945 jump by U.S. troops on the German side of the Rhine
Andrew Roberts: Walking With Churchill
Roberts' new book, Churchill: Walking With Destiny, may be the best one-volume biography yet written about the wartime British PM
Daniel Guiet: A Father’s Secret War
Daniel Guiet relates the clandestine wartime service of his father, OSS and SOE operator Jean-Claude Guiet
Dick Cole, 103, Last of the Doolittle Raiders
Cole was co-pilot to famed USAAF Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane of 16 B-25B bombers that boldly raided targets in Japan on April 18, 1942
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin: Forging Washington’s Army
The best-selling authors examine the Continental Army’s 1777–78 transformation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Nathaniel Philbrick: History Ashore and Afloat
The celebrated author completes his American Revolution trilogy with his book In the Hurricane's Eye
Giles Milton: Ungentlemanly Warfare
In his latest work the British author chronicles the World War II exploits of the clandestine Special Operations Executive
Frank Buckles, 110, Last of the Doughboys
Frank Buckles, 110, the last surviving American soldier from World War I, died on February 27, 2011
U.S. Marine Sergeant Rocky Sickmann: A Hostage Remembers
Sickmann was one of 52 hostages from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran who endured 444 days of captivity in 1979–81
