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Top 10 Game-changing Weapons Debuted In The 19th Century
Patented on Feb. 25, 1836, Samuel Colt’s five-shooter—the world’s first commercially practical revolver—took its name from the factory where it was mass produced, the Patent Arms Co. in Paterson, New Jersey. It met with a lukewarm reception until 183
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Hidden Histories
By Erwin Rommel Translated & edited by Zita Steele Fletcher & Co. Publishers, 2023, 394 pgs, $35.99 Reviewed by Jerry Morelock “Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!” shouts a triumphant U.S. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. (as played by
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Faces Of War
The Vietnam War was a controversial conflict, and if there was one person involved in it who attracted controversy, it was South Vietnamese First Lady Tran Le Xuan, known as Madame Nhu. The sister-in-law of South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem, Nh

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