A centuries-spanning study of twenty-five pivotal wars that shaped world history, from the Greco-Persian War to the Soviet-Afghan War. Driving and dispersing pe

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From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American poli

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Civilizations have been fighting each other for thousands of years. Some might say civilizations have left few traces except descriptions of their greatest mart