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The Last Stand Myth
By Al HemingwayThe Alamo in San Antonio has long been referred to as the “Cradle of Liberty” for modern-day Texas. Read more
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Fooling the Germans
By Al HemingwayAfter the successful invasion of North Africa in November 1942, Allied planners immediately set to work developing a strategy to deliver a new offensive blow against Nazi Germany. Read more
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Harry Truman’s Military Carrer
By Al HemingwayWhen people mention President Harry S. Truman, they instantly think of him as the president who made the monumental decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Read more
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Allied Air Retribution
By Mason B. WebbWhen does war end and slaughter begin?
That is the question that drives this compelling reexamination of the Allied aerial bombing campaign against Germany during World War II. Read more
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The Desert Fox in North Africa
By Al Hemingway
Much has been written about the battlefield exploits of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. His exemplary leadership skills, especially during the North Africa campaign, received unending praise from Adolf Hitler. Read more
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Hero of the Marine Corps
By Al HemingwayNo one looks like a hero. But when certain men are placed in impossible situations, they rise to the occasion and perform spectacular deeds that defy imagination. Read more
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The Assault and Capture of Fallujah
By Al HemingwayOn the morning of March 31, 2004, in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, the unmistakable sound of automatic weapons fire could be heard. Read more
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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
