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{{Read more|Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War?}}
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Johns Hopkins University Press has recently published Len Traver's new book Hodges' Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War. Travers' book examines a group of colonial scouts who were ambushed on a patrol in upstate New York by French and Native American soldiers during the French and Indian War. Travers uses this massacre to explore the lives of the colonists who fought, died and even survived this massacre.
{{Read more| Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers}}
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====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====
Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Most of these books are focused on trying to define this era as whole, instead of focusing on a single issue. In other words, several of these books are seeking to create a grand narrative of the era to help their readers understand it.
{{Read more|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist}}
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====[[The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson]]====
In 2014, the New York Times published a brief interview with noted Civil War historian James McPherson, The George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. McPherson is considered to be the dean of Civil War historians. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning book Battle Cry of Freedom which is the best overview of the Civil War.
{{Read more|The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson}}
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