Bogged Down

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A Descent Into Poe's Maelstrom

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An American Hero, No Longer Unsung

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The Mob Wanted Kennedy Dead. But Did They Do the Unthinkable?

REVIEW: 'Borgata: Clash of Titans: A History of the American Mafia' by Louis Ferrante

Getting a Handel on Success

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What They Learned From the Last War

REVIEW: 'The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler—How War Made Them and How They Made War' by Phillips Payson O’Brien

The History of History

REVIEW: ‘The Muse of History: The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present’ by Oswyn Murray