John R. Hale's book 'Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy' has a strong exposition of the Peloponnesian War, and deftly handles its ebbs and flows and the disastrous military defeats.
Read MoreEgypt's embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, has handled power to the military and stepped down.
Read MoreABC-Clio is seeking writers for Germany at War, a three-volume encyclopedia that will cover German military history from the Thirty Years War to today.
Read MoreEleven Lebanese cabinet members resigned to protest a United Nations-backed tribunal that is expected to indict members of Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of a prime minister.
Read MoreNazis obsessed over a Finnish dog that seemed to mock Hitler by giving the Nazi salute.
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