Elvis and the Colonel

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The Spirits of Iwo Jima

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But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America

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Elvis and the Colonel

Elvis and the Colonel

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The Spirits of Iwo Jima

The Spirits of Iwo Jima

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But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America

But They Were Our Troops: Peace Comes to America

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Must Read History Books of 2023

Must Read History Books of 2023

From spies, assassins, and dirty tricks in WWII to a revealing new biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Crazy Horse, Custer, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, we have a history book for every reader this year.

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The Last Outlaws

The Last Outlaws

by Tom Clavin This week sees the publication of The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang. It’s the rip-snortin’ story of the Dalton brothers and how they robbed banks and trains in the late 1880s into the ‘90s. Things might have been different for...

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Guåhan and the CHamoru People

Once in a while, the U.S. territory of Guåhan (Guam) appears in mainstream media such as The New York Times, generally when catastrophic or near-catastrophic events involve the island—most recently as Typhoon Mawar and its ­­­­­140 mile-per-hour winds passed...

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Saving Ancestors’ Graves

Saving Ancestors’ Graves

by Tom Clavin With the film Killers of the Flower Moon casting a spotlight not just on the Osage Nation but on Native Americans in general, this seems like a good time to highlight the achievement of Eliza “Lyda” Burton Conley. She was the third woman to argue a case...

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The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

Author Matthew J. Davenport’s new book The Longest Minute tells the riveting and tragic true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. Read an excerpt below. It was a few seconds past 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. Jesse Cook, the veteran police...

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Tips on Teaching K-12 LGBTQ+ History

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of The American Historian. With all of the headlines about Republican-dominated legislatures passing “Don’t Say Gay” curriculum censorship laws and white nationalist militia groups threatening Drag Story...

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The London Beer Flood

The London Beer Flood

by Tom Clavin Two hundred and nine years ago, an event took place that was both bizarre and tragic and I cannot resist writing about it—the London Beer Flood. Meux & Co’s Horseshoe Brewery (c. 1800) In the early 19th century, the Meux Brewery was one of the two...

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Call for Papers: U.S. Intervention in Latin America

To reflect on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup, and the U.S. role in Latin America more broadly, Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on U.S. intervention in Latin America. We are open to a wide variety of themes relating...

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High Noon in Coffeyville

High Noon in Coffeyville

by Tom Clavin The following is an excerpt from The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang, which is to be published on November 7. On October 5, 1892, the notorious Dalton brothers—Bob, Grat, and Emmett—were seeking one last big score by robbing not...

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The Little-Known Women Who Helped Churchill Win the War

The Little-Known Women Who Helped Churchill Win the War

by Julia Kelly Whenever someone visiting London asks where they should go, I always recommend a trip to the Churchill War Rooms (CWR). Now a part of the Imperial War Museum, the CWR, which was known as the Cabinet War Rooms when it was in use, was a secret underground...

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Daniel Boone’s Last Days

Daniel Boone’s Last Days

by Tom Clavin On September 26, 1820, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone died at the extraordinary age of 85. The following is an adapted excerpt from Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and yours truly, covering Boone’s final adventures.  Daniel Boone. Portrait by...

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I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayal

I Hope You Are of Our Party: Fidelity and Betrayal

by Jack Kelly Shakespeare, of course, wrote acclaimed plays about history. But sometimes history takes the pen from the playwright’s hand and fashions a scenario of such startling tension and originality that the story seems destined for the stage. One of these dramas...

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