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Daughter of Heaven by Nigel Cawthorne
June 21, 2022In a shocking and vaguely incestuous move, she seduced T’ai-tsung’s son, the Emperor Kao-tsung, and from...
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Notes From Italy: Some Old Envoys
June 20, 2022Counts who stank of garlic–as did the whole country–had sponged on him for seats in his...
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The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
June 19, 2022This long, well documented book by Rick Atkinson is one of the best accounts of any...
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Notes from Italy: Romulus and Neighbors
June 17, 2022The next time you go to Rome, take a half-day to go to Pomezia, just south...
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Images from How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
June 16, 2022Between 1945 and 1962, the United States conducted over 300 atmospheric nuclear tests above the ground,...
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Almost a Miracle by John Ferling
June 16, 2022As contemplated by Ferling, few, if any, colonial Americans escaped the impact of hostilities. Wars were...
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The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II by Andrew Nagorski
June 15, 2022He focuses on the assault on Moscow, the largest battle in history between two opposing armies....
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Plucked from Perdition: One Who Lived To Tell Her Tale
June 13, 2022I was told in Prague at midday that I had to be at the Wilson Station...
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Notes From Italy: Looking Back at Mussolini
June 12, 2022Mussolini was not the only dictator of his time. In his Europe, in a time of...
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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram
June 12, 2022Whether amputating a shrapnel-torn limb or performing an emergency appendectomy, Dr. Tram proved to be remarkably...