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Spy stocks? Vineyards and Wine Cellars in World War II and Cold War Europe  – Editor’s Commentary for September

During the war years, an average wine cellar could easily become a spy stock.

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Image, Strength and Power: How Strong Was Ancient Egyptian Propaganda?

Propaganda is a psychological warfare. We all know that. It can be used for two reasons. First, to demoralize the enemy and second, to strengthen its own forces. The Ramesseum relief shows obviously that, in this case, the goal was the latter.

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Past, Present & Future The War Diaries

The Dawn of the Special Purpose Units & the International Ranger Platoon

This was the dawn of the International Ranger Platoon that formed the embryo of the future Swedish Special Forces. 

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Andrew Jackson’s Brush with Death: The First U.S. Presidential Assassination Attempt and Press War, 1835

On January 30, 1835, as President Andrew Jackson was leaving the U.S. Capitol building through the East Portico following his attendance to a funeral for a congressman, a man appeared, raised a pistol at him, and pulled the trigger.

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Past, Present & Future The War Diaries

Veterans and Generals

This idea of the great general who could command and solve every issue through the use of force is perhaps something well suited for ancient history.

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