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The Diary of Olga Romanov
In August 1914, Russia entered the First World War, and with it, the Imperial family of Tsar Nicholas II was thrust into a conflict from which they would not emerge. His eldest …
The Black Panthers
Deployed to the European front in November 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion was almost immediately ambushed by a veteran German force. Despite suffering heavy casualties, the unit …
To the End of the World
“In the most barren inhospitable unhealthy part of North America, opposed by the most savage, inveterate perfidious cruel Enemy, with zeal and with Bayonets only, it was resolv'd …
The Formless Empire
Central Asia, a vast region extending from eastern Russia and across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tukmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Mongolia, and western China, has its …
Revolt at Taos
On the morning of January 19, 1847, Charles Bent, the newly-appointed governor of the American-claimed territory of New Mexico, was savagely killed at his home in Don Fernando de …
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Born in 1800 in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner was one of millions of enslaved persons of African descent in the United States. Encouraged to learn to read and write, …
Involuntary American: A Scottish Prisoner's Journey to the New World
A Common Man's Survival After Being Captured at the Battle of Dunbar and Sold into Servitude in America In the winter of 1650-51, one hundred fifty ragged and hungry Scottish …
Contest for Liberty
The author is to be named head of the history department at the United States Military Academy. One of the most remarkable aspects of the American Revolution and one that is not …
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull's name is still the best known of any American Indian leader, but his life and legacy have been shrouded with misinformation and half-truths. Tracing Sitting Bull's …
Civil War Torpedoes
One of the best-known quotes of the American Civil War is Admiral David Farragut's defiant order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Farragut was …
We Could Perceive No Sign of The
The nations of the modern Americas began as successful colonies, but not all colonies succeeded, and the margin between colonies that survived and those that failed was small. Both …