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  • Bonapartists in the United States
    The century between 1750 and 1850 witnessed a period of immense transformation, politically, economically and culturally. New ideas, revolutions, wars and the rise of industrialism shook the known world, bringing great men to rise and at the same time devastating old institutions. Out of these ruins a new world evolved, the world we live in today. In those p […]
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    The "Timewatch" series are intended for all history enthusiasts - novices or experts alike. It's goal is to make complex history concise and understandable in maximum 2000 words. It tries to avoid the dry, musty and scholarly style that is inherent to many historical works. Timewatch wants to make the past fun and underderstandable! In this 1s […]
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    The first of two parts chronicling the boldness of Edwin Stanton. This entry discusses Stanton's role leading up to the conclusion of the American Civil War. Part two will discuss his role in early Reconstruction. […]
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    You can make whatever you wish of this man... the propeller, his financial ineptitude, his overbearing personality, his gun and match recoil design, his engineering genius, or the USS Monitors impact upon the American Civil War... this man was a patriot! […]

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  • Comment on Hurray For The Two-Party System by frankchadwick
    Andy, with respect to the non-structural nature of the U.S. two-party system, you are correct that there is nothing constitutional which mandates two parties and we have nad multiple parties in the past -- in fact have one socialist and one independent senator right now. But the campaign finance laws currently favor two parties, since there is a support thre […]
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    Andy, I can't say for sure what I would have done instead, and I'm not certain my wisdom on the subject would be all that valuable at this remove. From what I know of the situation, however, I am reasonably certain that the U.S. architects of Iraq's current governmental structure deliberately accentuated the a three-way split which could not b […]
  • Comment on What Does This Say? by frankchadwick
    Barbara, I understand what you are saying but no one sent Iman al-Hams to die. She was simply a little girl who apparently got lost. Tom, the source article is not from the New York Times, and I do not work for them, but I would be proud to do so. […]
  • Comment on An End to the Ghurkas? by frankchadwick
    Sensemaker, I went back and deleted your comments on that column, which is the only way I know to make sure your name no longer shows up. Do Swedish employers not have the option of probationary periods for new hires? […]
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    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/768631631.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+16%2C+2004&author=Jerusalem+Post+Staff&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=02&desc=IDF+commander+%27had+no+idea%27+he+killed+young+girl Initial trial goes back to 2004!!! Conflicting versions of the events seem to make this case less clear than […]

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  • Obama and Lincoln in the White House
    President Barack Obama dicusses the Emacipation Proclamation with guests. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. This past June, while the sputtering economy, seemingly bottomless oil spill and the war in Afghanistan dominated headlines, a distinguished "visitor" departed the White House after five quiet months in residence. Too few people ever […]
  • The Overmountain Men Battle for the Carolinas
    At the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, a force of backwoods hunters known as the overmountain men thrashed the Loyalists, altering the destiny of the Southern states. […]
  • Was Secession Legal
    Southerners insisted they could legally bolt from the Union. Northerners swore they could not. War would settle the matter for good. Over the centuries, various excuses have been employed for starting wars. Wars have been fought over land or honor. Wars have been fought over soccer (in the case of the conflict between Honduras and El [...] […]
  • Interview with Author Sebastian Junger
    Best-selling author Sebastian Junger joined an Army combat infantry unit on its 15-month deployment to research his latest book, War. […]
  • Military History - November 2010 - Letters from Readers
    Readers letters in the November 2010 issue of Military History sound off about the 1975 Mayaguez Incident, the 1948-60 Malayan Emergency, U-boats, author Evan Thomas, the 1967-70 Suez War of Attrition, the 1899-1902 Second Boer War, female submariners and North Korean aggression. […]

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The semi-official Iranian news agency Fars now quotes an unnamed source in the Iranian intelligence community confirming that Amiri was a double agent.  More.
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If you are confused by all this, you are in good company, including, it would seem, the U.S. State Department.  More.
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The international woman of espionage, the femme fatale, has become an icon.  More.
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Paul Davis wraps up his interview with author Ben Macintyre by asking him about the similarities between Agent Zigzag and James Bond.  More.
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Bond vs. Bourne. Modesty Blaise vs. Mata Hari. Smiley's People vs. The Manchurian Candidate. Casablanca vs. North by Northwest. Vote for the greatest spy movie of all time!  More.
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In Part II of Paul Davis' interview with author Ben Macintyre we learn that good and evil are not mutually exclusive qualities.  More.
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World War II double-agent Eddie Chapman, aka, Agent ZigZag was all the things a spy should be: dishonest, selfish, opportunistic, manipulative, brave, charming and surprisingly, generous.  More.
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One of the many things you can learn at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.: the author of Robinson Crusoe was a spy.  More.
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In this final installment, the author reacts to the many opinions of Pham Xuan An's betrayal during the Vietnam War.  More.
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In this second installment, we learn more about Pham Xuan An, the charming spy who was behind the death of thousands of Americans and South Vietnamese.  More.
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Pham Xuan An spied for the North Vietnamese while posing as a reporter for the likes of Time magazine. Larry Berman's book about An is a little too flattering for this author's taste.  More.
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Moles, defectors, and covert operations techniques from the Cold War have come together in Nigel West's History Dictionary of Cold War Intelligence.  More.
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John Walker, notorious Cold War spy, paints himself as a James Bond-type figure in his autobiography. Walker betrayed more than his country in his get-rich scam. He also betrayed his friends and family.  More.
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Notorious Cold War spy John Walker has apparently been spending his time in prison writing his autobiography.  More.
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Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series and other historical novels, shares his views on Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington.  More.
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Watchmen explores the Cold War in graphic detail and its fighting superheroes affect the outcome of world events. But history shows the period had plenty of real-life heroes.  More.
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Bernard Cornwell talks about the role of intelligence-gathering in his Sharpe novels and in the Napoleonic Wars. This is part two of an exclusive three-part interview.  More.
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Bernard Cornwell talks about his fictional Napoleonic-era soldier, Richard Sharpe, in part one of an exclusive three-part interview.  More.
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A Chinese national becomes a U.S. citizen and acquires top security clearance. Then, he sells intelligence secrets to the Chinese.  More.
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The second of two parts about Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, looks at some larger-than-life WW2 commandos he knew and how they may have influenced the Bond character.  More.
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Ian Fleming based James Bond on actual World War II covert operations and the experiences of himself and others.  More.
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