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In June 1941 a pair of British scientists boarded a plane for America with World War II raging all around them. They carried a precious commodity—penicillin—and the knowledge that it would change history. Once the U.S. government had been debriefed, the Office of Science Research and Development, in conjunction with British counterparts, assumed control, and penicillin became a top-secret matter of national security, second in importance only ...

Collection of personal essays detailing the adventures, advice, and experience of generations of CIA support and technical officers.

Whiskey Women tells the tales of women who created the whisky industry, from Mesopotamia's first beer brewers and distillers to America's rough-and-tough bootleggers during Prohibition.

A biography of Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis, daughter of President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis and known as "Daughter of the Confederacy" for her work on behalf of Confederate veterans' groups.

Call Me Commander unravels the mysterious life and crimes of John Donald Cody, a lawyer and former intelligence officer who used a fraudulent veterans charity to swindle tens of millions from unsuspecting Americans.

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Aimed at the general reader, this guide offers practical suggestions for preparing the home, workplace, and community for possible terrorist attacks. Coverage includes such topics as where to buy and what to look for in protective equipment, how to construct a safe room and what to stock in it, and

A biography of Nackey Scripps Loeb, longtime publisher of New Hampshire’s Union Leader, that traces connections between her influence and our current political moment.

David W. Jourdan recovers the sunken history of the Japanese cargo-carrying submarine I-52, exploring air-sea-undersea warfare and Japanese technology during World War II.

A leading expert on issues of globalization and American foreign policy, Edward Goldberg explains why globalization is here to stay, why the United States is the winner in the game of globalization, and why there’s no turning back.

The story of Robert Whitney Imbrie (1883–1924), the first U.S. foreign service officer to be murdered for political reasons.

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This intriguing history challenges the standard D-Day narrative through an examination of the tensions between the Allied leaders in reaching their eventual agreement on Operation Overlord a year before that fateful day on the Normandy beaches.

The story of an ordinary North Carolina farmer reluctantly drawn into the Civil War and thrown into a fight for survival that included serving both the Union and the Confederacy, dodging certain death at Gettysburg, surviving a prisoner-of-war camp, and a hometown murder.

The story of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017), whose influence continues to grow.

The story of how the FBI tracked down exiled Mexican general Enrique Estrada and his secret army to stop him from overthrowing the Mexican government.

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A proposed doctrine and architecture in the core areas of building security forces, economic development, and political consolidation that blends soft and hard power into a deployable and effective package.