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Wrong Turns In Korea
Author: Robert Dallek
Miscalculations and blunders by world leaders precipitated the Korean War 60 years ago.
The Imperial Congress
Author: Thomas Fleming
An impetuous and sometimes corrupt Congress has often hamstrung the efforts of the president since the earliest days of the republic.
With Little Less Than Savage Fury
Author: Thomas B. Allen
America’s first civil war took place during the Revolution, an ultra-violent, family-splitting, and often vindictive conflict between "patriots" and loyalists.
Was Jefferson Davis Captured in a Dress?
Author: James L. Swanson
A story that the Confederate president donned a petticoat to evade capture emerged right after Union cavalrymen apprehended him in Georgia at war’s end. Is it true?
"Peanuts" Turns 60
Author: Nat Gertler, Amy Schulz Johnson
The lovable gang of kids and a beagle came from the imagination of a man who adored children.