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Frankophilia

Author: David Lehman

WHY SINATRA IS OUR GREATEST SINGER, PERIOD

The Measurement That Built America

Author: Andro Linklater

The little-appreciated U.S. public-land survey not only opened up our frontier but made possible our freedoms.

Special Forces

Author: D. M. Giangreco

The least-understood branch of our military was born 60 years ago but today is coming into prominence as never before.

Lost Tracks

Author: Thomas Mallon

A streetcar fan’s photo album is a window opening on the vanished workaday beauty of downtown.

The Churchill-Roosevelt Forgeries

Author: John Lukacs

The campaign to revise Hitler’s reputation has gone on for 50 years, but there’s another strategy now. Some of it is built on the work of the head of the Gestapo—who may have enjoyed a comfortable retirement in America.

Why Enron Always Happens

Author: John Steele Gordon

And how history shows it’s actually good for us