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"The Marne 1914": A Bold New Account (PHOTOS)

Holger H. Herwig | Posted 12.01.2009 | Books

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Holger H. Herwig

I wanted to write about the Battle of the Marne because I regard it as the most decisive land battle since the Allies defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. I regard its impact to have been spectacular.

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The Importance of Place in the American Story

Kate Kelly | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Kate Kelly

Being on the Gettysburg Battlefield, I understood service and sacrifice to one's country in a way that I have never understood it before.

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Historians Battle Wal-Mart Over Key Civil War Site

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

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LOCUST GROVE, Va. — Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a propos...

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Historians See Little Chance For McCain Victory

Politico | DAVID PAUL KUHN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

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One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any....

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