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  • 7 Mar 2014

    World War II and Grand Strategy

    Andrew Buchanan talks exclusively to fifteeneightyfour about his new book, American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean during World War II, which offers a thorough reinterpretation of the US engagement in this region during the Second World War. Far from being reluctant players, Dr. Buchanan argues instead that Washington had a grand-strategic interest in the region.

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  • 25 Feb 2014
    Megan Ming Francis

    The NAACP’s Campaign Against Racial Violence

    Megan Ming Francis, author of Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State, discusses how the NAACP created opportunities for black civil society to challenge Jim Crow.

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  • 19 Feb 2014
    Donald T. Critchlow

    Shirley Temple’s Legacy

    Donald Critchlow, author of

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  • 31 Jan 2014
    David Williams

    “I Freed Myself”

    Historian David Williams, author of I Freed Myself (forthcoming March), reveals how black slaves seized their own freedom--and by doing so, precipitated the Emancipation Proclamation.

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  • 26 Nov 2013

    Advice from Hemingway

    The 242 letters in Volume 2 can show Hemingway’s brash, uncouth, unedited self, but they also reveal his thoughtful, generous side, one more than willing to send support and advice. Here we collect pieces of his wisdom sent to his friends, family, and fellow writers.

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  • 25 Nov 2013
    Jessica M. Lepler

    Into the Intro: The Many Panics of 1837

    In her new economic history, Jessica Lepler describes one of the worst transatlantic financial crises in history, with lessons for our current economic woes. View an excerpt from The Many Panics of 1837 below.

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  • 22 Nov 2013

    Lost and Found: A Missing Hemingway Short Story

    We challenged our readers to imagine that they found Hemingway's missing suitcase and his long-lost short stories. What would be in it? What would the opening line say? We are excited to announce the winners here!

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  • 12 Nov 2013

    The Legendary American Expatriates in Paris

    Volume 2 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway illuminate Hemingway’s literary apprenticeship in the legendary milieu of expatriate Paris in the 1920s. See who was among his pen pals in the exclusive excerpts below.

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