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The past four decades have seen a number of United States military interventions in the Middle East, but only one of them is retrospectively seen as a success: Operation Earnest Will, the escort of Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf in 1987 and 1988. As an officer who participated in this operation who then served in the region as a diplomat, Tom Duffy offers a unique perspective on Earnest Will. He argues that the fact that Earnest Will was a limited war and that it was fought with navies was key to its success.

Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of 1517, Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the cataclysmic transformations of European Christianity in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Duffy engages with some of the central aspects of Western religion in the thousand years between the decline of pagan Rome and the rise of the Protestant Reformation. In the process, he opens windows on the vibrant and multifaceted beliefs and practices by which medieval people made sense of their world: the fear of death and the impact of devastating pandemic, holy war against Islam and the invention of the blood libel against the Jews, provision for the afterlife and the continuing power of the dead over the living, the meaning of pilgrimage and the evolution of Christian music.

This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period.

The titular setting for the show was "a seedy bar and grille on New York's Third Avenue". The cast had Ed Gardner as Archie, Alan Reed as Finnegan, Pattee Chapman as Miss Duffy, Jimmy Conlin as Charlie, Veda Ann Borg as Peaches La Tour, and Herb Vigran as Second Story Jackson.The radio version of Duffy's Tavern ended in 1952. When the TV version began two years later, Gardner's involvement was limited to acting. He said, "In radio, I was the producer and the director and half the time the writer and also Archie." The TV version had Hal Roach Jr. as producer and Harve Foster as director.[6]This...

Was aviation pioneer and popular American hero Charles A. Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite? Or was he the target of a vicious personal vendetta by President Roosevelt? In Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt, author James Duffy tackles these questions head-on, by examining the conflicting personalities, aspirations, and actions of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Charles A. Lindbergh.

General Douglas MacArthur's bloody campaign to defeat die-hard Japanese forces and liberate the Philippines “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur promised the Filipino people following the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines in spring 1942. The people there believed...

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. It makes for good headlines, but is it true? Bobby Duffy has spent years studying generational distinctions. In this book, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives.

Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was born to Swiss banker and statesman Jacques Necker and raised in a vibrant Paris salon that fostered the minds of influential intellectuals. Although she married Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein in 1781, their union was short-lived, culminating in separation by 1797. A notable novelist and passionate advocate of J.J. Rousseau and the principles of the French Revolution, Madame de Staël found herself exiled to England in 1792, where she mingled with prominent French figures like Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. After the fall of Robespierre ...

Understanding the origins of civil wars and their trajectories therefore demands some appreciation of the economic, political, social, cultural, and geographic order of societies. If there is one factor that best predicts why a civil war erupts, it is a prior civil war. That is why knowledge of a country's history of political violence, and associated narratives about who is to blame and why, are critical to understanding where a civil war might next occur.

Features interviews with four survivors of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that carried the atomic bomb to Tinian Island, eventually to be dropped on Hiroshima. On the Indy's return trip to the Philippines, she was hit by two torpedoes from Japanese submarine and sunk in 12 minutes. Due to communication fouls ups, no one knows the ship is lost at sea. After 4 days in the ocean, the crew of the Indianapolis was discovered by accident and a rescue begun. Of the 1195 men aboard ship, only 316 men would survive. 879 men would die in the water. It's the worst sea disaster in U. S. Naval ...

Hothouse Transplants started as a seed of an idea, back in 1996: a collection of essays, written by homeschoolers across the nation, answering the skeptics: How will you ever go to college, get a job, or function socially? Sixteen contributors, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one, wrote about their high school journey, where they were, and their plans and aspirations for the future that was opening before them. These essays were collected into a book and published under the title: Hothouse Transplants. Over two decades later, Matthew Duffy, contributor and collector of the original...

No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness. At a time when the nation is...

Mysteries From The Past is a fast-paced, fun, intriguing podcast that examines history's greatest unsolved mysteries! Actor and historian Rory Duffy (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Blue Bloods, Law and Order: SVU) brings audiences back in time with original music, recreation scenes and exciting narration. Get out your magnifying glass and help us solve these mysteries! We would love to hear from you! mysteriesfromthepast@gmail.com

Significant Lovers explores famous couples throughout history and pop culture. Like a slice-of-life rom-com, Mel, Kel, and Kait detail the little moments of other people’s love lives. Join us as we ship our faves, pick sides in divorces, and resurrect forgotten flames. Mel and Kel are cousins, friends, and previous hosts of the podcast 'Another Bite of Twilight.' Since 2024, we are now joined by our sister/cousin, Kaitlyn! You can find us @significantlovers on Instagram and email us at significantlovers@gmail.com.

A crucial, clear-eyed accounting of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the US. Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exploitative US economic, political, and social policies. The devastation that ensued finally grew...