All About History Issue 05, All About History
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Fall of the samurai
How Japan’s warrior class was nally defeated
JFK
50 YEARS ON
LIFE & LEGACY
His rise to power, the myths and
the legend he left behind
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Ninjas
Hernán Cortés
Omaha Beach
Bloody Sunday
Gunpowder Plot
10 evil dictators
The wrath
Russia’s WWII
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of Sparta
How the Greeks won the
Battle of Thermopylae
Night Witches
The young female pilots who
terrorised Hitler’s armies
ISSUE 005
Welcome to issue five
There are certain dates throughout history
that have acquired real meaning and
pathos, and one of these is undoubtedly
Friday November 22, 1963. This was the
date that America lost a president, and a
president that in some ways transcended
politics. JFK was a larger-than-life figure,
someone that – rightly or wrongly – a
whole nation seemed content to place
their hopes and fears with.
The story of JFK is a remarkable one
and, looking at him with the benefit
of hindsight, it is possible to see just
how many areas of modern day life he
influenced. Our feature article sets out
to separate the man from the myth and
looks at how his use and manipulation of
the media set the tone for the presidents
that followed. It is a testament to the
esteem that the public held JFK in that
so many refuse to believe that one man,
a lone gunman, could have ended his
life. Therefore, elsewhere in this issue
we explore just why this particular
conspiracy theory has been one of the
most enduring the world has ever known.
Other highlights include an article on
the Spartan war with Persia that separates
fact from fiction, and a feature on the most
reprehensible dictators in history. Enjoy
the issue and please keep on sending in
your thoughts about the magazine.
Andrew Brown
Editor
JFK the family man: the
president and his daughter
Caroline on the presidential
yacht in 1963.
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This issue’s highlights
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Heroes & villains:
Hernan Cortes
Find out how the Spanish
explorer who discovered the
New World and whose thirst
for gold and plunder brought
a civilisation to its knees.
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What if?
If the Gunpowder Plot hadn’t
been thwarted, Great Britain
might have never developed
its Empire and France could
have developed into the
prominent world power…
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Death of the samurai
With modernisation in Japan,
the samurai’s importance
was waning and beginning to
fade away – but there was still
time for a final stand against
overwhelming odds.
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CONTENTS
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Welcome to All About History
COVER STORY
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JFK: Life & legacy
Discover how JFK became the first world leader to grasp
the power of the media, his hatred of communists and
how he influenced the presidents that followed him
ASSASSINATION
12
They’ve been used to end
and start wars and by
unscrupulous individuals
to make a living, find
out about the history of
assassinations
14
Assassination
across history
Our timeline of the past’s most
famous assassinations
18
Notorious
assassinations
The murder of Franz Ferdinand
helped spark Word War I
22
Anatomy of…
JFK
Find out about the equipment a
ninja would typically carry
24
Inside history
How the operation to kill Osama Bin
Laden unfolded
26
How to…
Defend the president of the world’s
largest superpower
28
Top 5 facts…
The infamous terrorist known as
Carlos the Jackal
LIFE & LEGACY
70
FEATURES
58
The history of
conspiracy
Discover one of the world’s most
enduring conspiracy theories
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The wrath of
Sparta
The true story of the battle of
Thermopylae, the heroic last stand
against the mighty Persian army
70
Night witches
Russian female flying aces
76
Death of the
samurai
How a proud warrior code ended
with one last battle
82
Worst dictators
History’s most despicable dictators
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Defining
moments
Three images that encapsulate a
moment in time
29
Competition
Guess the image to be in with a
chance of winning a selection of
fantastic history books
32
Heroes & villains
Meet
Hernán Cortés
: bloodthirsty
conquistador and trailblazing explorer
of the New World
36
Tour guide
Explore Omaha beach, the scene
of the Allies D-Day landing and the
springboard for victory in WWII
38
Eye witness
Journalist Simon Winchester was in
Derry when the British Army killed
unarmed protestors on a day known
as Bloody Sunday
42
What if…
… The 1605 plot to blow up the
houses of Parliament had not been
discovered and foiled?
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Reviews
Our pick of the latest history books
that have hit the shelves and are
worth cheking out
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Yo u r h i s to r y
See what parts of their past readers
have shared with us this issue
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History vs
Hollywood
Does
The
Iron Lady get our vote for
historical accuracy or will it face a
crushing defeat?
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