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The stirring Civil War document featured in Saving Private Ryan grew out of a lie and probably wasn’t really written by Lincoln. Read >>
Decades after they were first cobbled together by enthusiastic amateurs, they are coming to be recognized as one of the supreme folk arts of the American century. Read >>
A soldier’s timeless meditation on the frustrations of military life Read >>
FIFTY YEARS AGO, unions seemed invincible, but they’ve been losing battles and members ever since. The reasons why their fortunes fell suggest that they’re sure to rise again. Read >>

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