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Tragedy in Beirut
By Al HemingwayOn Sunday morning, October 23, 1983, a large yellow Mercedes-Benz truck was seen approaching the Beirut International Airport. Read more
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Supreme Force, Supreme Defeat
By Mason B. WebbBy the late 1930s, no army in the world was as powerful, well organized, or well-equipped as the German Army. Read more
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The Story of America’s Most Reviled President
By Al HemingwayWhen visitors gaze upon the immense marble statute of a seated Abraham Lincoln looking out upon the reflecting pool at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Read more
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Life After Death
By Mason B. WebbAuthor Richard Bessel’s latest book is, without doubt, a monumental work that goes in depth to chart Germany’s progress from a flattened, vilified foe to a bulwark in Europe’s efforts to resist Communist expansion and takeover. Read more
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Rescuing Nazi Plunder
By Mason B. WebbBesides being a destroyer of lives and cities, war also destroys precious works of art and the ancient monuments of civilization. Read more
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Israel’s Assault on the USS Liberty
By Al HemingwayOn June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, a cargo ship built at the end of World War II and converted to an electronic surveillance vessel in 1964, was patrolling 14 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Read more
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With Warts and All
By Mason B. WebbFor most people, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill stands today as the towering epitome of the ideal wartime leader: tough-talking, unflappable, judicious. Read more
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Winston Groom’s Vicksburg 1863
By Al HemingwayBy mid-1862, despite the humiliating Union defeats in the East, the Civil War in the western theater was gaining momentum. Read more
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Stalin’s Contributions to Victory
By Mason B. WebbIn the West, the Soviet Union’s contributions to the Allied victory over the Third Reich are generally unknown or underappreciated. Read more
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Churchill the Warlord
By Al HemingwayIn 1958, Royal Marine General Sir Leslie Hollis visited the old Central War Room in London where he had spent numerous hours during World War II. Read more
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Ordeal of the USS Bunker Hill
By Mason B. WebbAt exactly 9:58 am, on May 11, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot named Kiyoshi Ogawa radioed his base 350 miles away that he had spotted the American fleet lying off the coast of Okinawa. Read more
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The Disastrous Battle of Carrhae
By Al HemingwayNo man in Rome was richer or more influential than Marcus Licinius Crassus, a member of the powerful First Triumvirate that included Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar. Read more
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Countdown to Pearl Harbor
By Mason B. Webb“I do believe that the United States fleet would not have been in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, had I been the chief of naval operations at that time.” Read more
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Racism and the Myth of Henry O. Flipper
By Al HemingwayThe case of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a fascinating if cautionary tale. Read more
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Questions on the Holocaust
By Mason B. WebbOne of the most common beliefs that has arisen since the end of World War II is that America and her allies had as one of their primary goals for fighting the war ending the systematic slaughter of Europe’s Jews. Read more
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Pearl Harbor Countdown
By Al HemingwayNearly seven decades after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Navy and Air Force on the morning of December 7, 1941, controversy still surrounds the history-changing event. Read more
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A Megalomaniac’s Lust for Power
By Mason B. WebbFew men have had an impact on world history equal to that of Adolf Hitler. His megalomania resulted in the deaths of millions and redrew the map of Europe. Read more
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Future Civil War generals on both sides received their professional baptism of fire on the killing fields of Mexico.
By Al HemingwayWhen war with Mexico erupted in 1846, the United States was woefully unprepared. The regular army was well below its authorized numbers and could only field slightly more than 5,000 officers and soldiers. Read more
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“By the Grace of God You Got Through”
By Mason B. WebbThe six-month-long land and naval battles for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands chain have been well covered in books and magazine articles, but the war in the skies above the islands has received less attention. Read more
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The Man Who Transformed the Presidency
By Al HemingwayNever let it be said that James Knox Polk was not a determined man. Although he suffered from ill health most of his life, this did not deter Polk from working tirelessly to rise to the top in politics as a Democrat, with fellow-Tennessean Andrew Jackson as his mentor. Read more
