Social Sciences: News and Research on Warfare

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Did the British unleash biological warfare against Washington's troops?

George Washington had a problem in the winter of 1777. Smallpox was devastating the already undermanned Continental Army, and much-needed new recruits were being quarantined for a month as a precautionary measure. In addition, ...

Mar 18, 2026

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For some Jewish women, 'passing' as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival, but it left scars all the same

Travel case in hand, dressed in fashionable clothing and wearing a practiced, coquettish smile, Hela Schüpper Rufeisen sat aboard the train to Warsaw, Poland. No one on board would have suspected that beneath the coat of ...

Jan 14, 2026

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