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Williamsburg Copes With Hard Times As the world’s largest living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg sets an example for others to follow. Now, with the recession affecting cultural institutions, big and small, the museum is demonstrating how to balance priorities. With 600 buildings, encompassing 1,000 hotel rooms, 14 restaurants and 26 shops over its 300-acre site, Williamsburg …
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Camouflage: You Know It When You See ItFrom Khaki drab origins, camouflage has entered the realm of the invisible man. Camouflage is baffling—not only to combatants, but also to those who wonder how, why and even … Read MoreWhat We Learned From Tannenberg, 1914The opening clash between the German and Russian empires in World War I ended in one of history’s most misleading outcomes. Germany’s war plan, accepting a two-front conflict again… Read MoreClose Call at ChosinHow the foresight and tactical brilliance of Marine Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith saved his division from annihilation in North Korea. One of the little-known aspects of the Chosin Reservoi… Read MoreFrederick’s One Big IdeaThe Prussian king strove for a well-ordered state—no matter the cost. We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the ch… Read MoreMarlborough at BlenheimThe Battle of Blenheim was among the most decisive, and most complex, battles in European history. Fought on Aug. 13, 1704, during the war of War of Spanish Succession (1701–14)—in… Read More
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