History

"The Basque History of the World" By Mark Kurlansky

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Yalta: Witness to History

When the Big Three —Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin —convened at this fabled Crimean seaside resort in 1945, the whole world was watching

Toussaint Louverture

A Mystery in Miniature

An enigmatic button once decorated the uniform of Haitian liberator Toussaint Louverture

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Outsmarting Napoleon

War games enthusiasts use miniature soldiers and multiple-terrain boards to simulate real battles

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Reds versus Whites

A masterpiece in porcelain replays old struggles between Bolshevik and Czarist opponents

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Forget Y2K!

Cliff Palace

A Social Divide Written in Stone

Archaeological research at Cliff Palace resumes after 80 years. Surprises are the order of the day

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The Steam Locomotive

Even in the computer age, a thousand-ton train driven by fire and water inspires awe

James Oglethorpe

Dawn in the Garden of Good and Evil

Georgia's founding father knew best, but Savannah didn't stay unsinful for long

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For Whom the Bell Tolled

In the Spanish Civil War, as a horrified world watched, the future of Europe seemed at stake

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The Long Good-bye

In which it is argued that a look at the history of divorce may make you feel better about our own scandalous ways

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The ACLU Defends Everybody

Its clients have ranged from Muhammad Ali to Oliver North, but its real allegiance is to the Bill of Rights

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Mark Catesby

Both Audubon and Linnaeus were indebted to this intrepid British limner of the New World

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The Old North Trail

This ancient, sacred highway may have carried travelers from Canada to Mexico

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Near and Far, We're Waving the Banner for Flags

Across time and distance, these colorful emblems fluttering in the breeze are symbols steeped in our history and our cultures

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The Grave at Vukovar

A war crimes tribunal sent forensic scientists to investigate mass graves in the former Yugoslavia. What happened there?

Cleopatra’s Needle

A Nova Crew Strains, and Chants, to Solve the Obelisk Mystery

The public television team put theories to the test to uncover the secrets of how the ancient Egyptians moved and raised the giant blocks

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Making History by Rising to New Heights

The people of Valmeyer, Illinois, awash in water three years ago, have built a whole new hometown, this time above the flood line

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The Way We Were—and the Way We Went—in 1846

What with the Mexican War, and a million square miles of new real estate, our westward destiny became highly manifest

A Love Affair With Life & Smithsonian

An Editor's Note

A book from Smithsonian's editor recounts tales of writers and wars, photographers and Presidents, and the experiences of life in journalism

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