by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 11, 2022 | History News
T. Cole Jones—Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 7, 2022 | History News
Michael HolzmanAuthor Michael Holzman, on his book, Spies and Traitors: Kim Philby, James Angleton and the Friendship and Betrayal That Would Shape Mi6, the CIA and the Cold War, which takes on a brilliant exposé of how Kim Philby – the master-spy and notorious...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Aug 4, 2022 | History News
Garrett M. Graff— In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, a security guard named Frank Wills entered six words into the logbook of the Watergate office complex that changed the course of history: 1:47 AM Found tape on doors; call police. The subsequent...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 28, 2022 | History News
Albert Louis ZamboneA nuanced and engrossing look at the life of the soldier and colonial politician Daniel Morgan. Zambone traces the arc of his subject’s life to show how Morgan successfully “fought his way upward through the social hierarchy” from laborer to...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jul 21, 2022 | History News
Dorothy Wickenden— An LA Times Best Book of the Year “Engrossing… examines the major events of the mid 19th century through the lives of three key figures in the abolitionist and women’s rights movements.” —Smithsonian From the executive editor of The...
