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Steamboat competition was about more than speed. Read >>
Slam Marshall, who is regarded as one of our great military historians, looked into the heart of combat and discovered a mystery there that raised doubts about the fighting quality of U.S. troops. But one GI thought he was a liar… Read >>
The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became. To fully understand the vast changes which the war unleashed on the country, you must first understand the plight of the Southerners who didn’t want secession. Read >>
The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became. To fully understand the vast changes which the war unleashed on the country, you must first understand the plight of the Southerners who didn’t want secession. Read >>
President Wilson said that “The Birth of a Nation” was “like writing history with Lightning.” Movies have taught everybody else history, too. Read >>
At a time when many are concerned by the nation’s loss of the unassailable economic position it occupied just after World War II, one historian argues that our real strength and our real peril lie elsewhere. Read >>
He ignored the conventions of his day and became one of the greatest American sculptors of this century. Read >>

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