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1889Anniversary of Hitler's Birth
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Jimmy Carter's Debacle in Iran's Desert
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1980Iran Hostage Rescue Mission Aborted
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1980U.S. Hostage Rescure Mission Botched
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Meiji Restoration Doesn't Fit Japan Anymore
Shin Kawashima, The Diplomat
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This Date in History: April 24

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Cannon: At White House Tonight, Love Truly Blind
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This Date in History: April 23

World War II

Why U.S. Army Stopped Short of Berlin

The Battle for Berlin in April – May 1945 may not have been the final battle of the World War II in Europe, but it was certainly the concluding one. It was the culmination of the Soviet Union, having wrested the strategic initiative away from the Germans after the Battle of Kursk in July 1943, remorselessly pushing the Germans out of Mother Russia and then westwards out of Eastern Europe. By Aug Read More

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Senator Edward Kennedy, one of the most famous members of America's most famous family, understood that he belonged as much to popular culture as to political culture. Now, nine years after his death, comes a movie about the event that, almost as much as the circumstances of his birth, established him in the tabloid pantheon: Chappaquiddick.The film, by the same name, opened Friday and retells the Read More

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