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“It Had Been A Tiny Triumph, But It Had Been A British Triumph”
Rob Attar: Many of your previous books have focused on the big campaigns and the most famous events of the Second World War. So what drew you to the relatively unknown Operation Biting? Max Hastings: Because I'm getting a bit older and a bit slower,
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Three Things I've Learned This Month
I was interested to discover that, in the afterglow of being the second person on the moon, Buzz Aldrin remembered to submit his expense claim for the trip – a mere $33.31 (page 39). In her winning article on the history of games, Kelly Clancy highli
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War And Pieces
Games are among our most enduring cultural technologies. They persist, in part, because they're a way for our brains to serve themselves pleasure for free. The Greek historian Herodotus, for instance, wrote about the Lydian people, who reportedly suf

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