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Michael Livingston

Former secretary-general for the United States Commission on Military History, Michael Livingston serves as a literary scholar at the Citadel in Charleston. A two-time winner of the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Prize, his most recent book is Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King.

The story of the successful mission, code-named Operation Washing, offers a masterclass in determination and daring worthy of Leonidas.

Millennia After Leonidas Made His Last Stand at Thermopylae, a Ragtag Band of Saboteurs Thwarted the Axis Powers in the Same Narrow Pass

A new book chronicles the 16-plus battles that took place in the Greek pass between the ancient era and World War II