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Charlie Chaplin vs. America
2023-10-03
Joe McCarthy, the Hydrogen Bomb, and Ten Fateful Months That Kicked Off the Cold War
2023-09-28
The SAS Began as a Lie but Became Britain’s Most Elite WW2 Commando Unit
2023-09-26
Eyewitnesses of History Share Stories of the 1980 Miracle on Ice, Pablo Escobar, Jonestown, and Much More
2023-09-22
In 1864, Nine Union Officers Escaped from a POW Camp and Trekked 300 Miles to the North
2023-09-21
Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Died in a Cavalry Charge Against German Machine Guns in WW1
2023-09-19
Beyond the Wall: What Life Was Really Like in East Germany
2023-09-14
How An Unlikely Cohort of Black Nurses at a New York Sanatorium Helped Cure Tuberculosis
2023-09-12
The Mississippi Was First Mapped by a Polyglot Priest and a College Dropout-Turned-Fur Trapper
2023-09-07
The Eurasian Steppes Gave Us Atilla the Hun, Genghis Khan, Global Trade and Hybrid Camels
2023-09-05
Decades of Turbulent Decolonization After WW2 Launched With The Dutch-Indonesian Wars of 1945-49
2023-08-31
Could the Pacific War of WW2 Have Been Entirely Avoided if Not For U.S. Diplomats in Over Their Heads?
2023-08-29
The WW2 Pacific Theatre of January-May 1942: When Japan Was Omnipotent and America Was a Fearful Underdog
2023-08-24
The History of America’s Ice Obsession: Why The U.S. Loves Frozen Drinks and Ice Rinks
2023-08-22
Introducing Mark Vinet's New Show: Historical Jesus
2023-08-20
Leyte Gulf: The Largest Naval Battle in History and the Downfall of the Japanese Navy
2023-08-17
Britain Controlled the Globe by Farming Out Colonial Governance to the East Indian Company and other Corporations
2023-08-15
How the Monroe Doctrine Led to America Occupying Cuba, Panama, Hawaii, and Haiti
2023-08-10
A 1943 Translation Blunder Saved FDR, Churchill, and Eisenhower From Being Assassinated
2023-08-08
James Garfield – Overlooked for his Short Presidency – Was the Most Beloved Politician of Reconstruction
2023-08-03
