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The History of Gerrymandering: US Politicians’ Favorite Election Loophole
Founding Father Elbridge Gerry was irritated by direct voting and lent his name to America's favorite way to undermine it.
‘Band of Brothers’ Paratrooper Dead at 101
“Pee Wee” Martin parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. His exploits were reenacted in the HBO television series.
Book Review: ‘The Harvest of War: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis’
British historian Stephen P. Kershaw takes on the Greeks.
A Controversial Question: Was the South Vietnam Government Corrupt?
A massive infusion of U.S. dollars into South Vietnam between 1965 and 1974 fed the corruption
The One-Man Caretaker to One of the Civil War’s Final Battle Sites
The Cumberland Church battlefield in Virginia saw one of Lee's final engagements.
Nazis Built an Escape-Proof Castle. Allied POWs Got Out More Than 30 Times.
Author Ben Macintyre tackles the almost mythic status of Colditz POWs in his latest work.
The Time the US Actually Welcomed a Russian Blockade — During the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln and Russia’s czar Alexander II formed an unusual,
but crucial, wartime alliance.