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Betrayal and Treason

Trial of the Six: When Greece Executed its Top Leaders for Treason and Incompetence After a Disastrous War
The Praetorian Throne Auction: When the Praetorian Guard Sold Rome’s Throne to the Highest Bidder
Iva Toguri: The American Woman Stranded in WWII Japan Who Became ‘Tokyo Rose’
The Revenge of Phanes of Halicarnassus, the Ancient World’s Most Influential Mercenary
Ephialtes of Trachis: The Traitor Who Doomed the Spartans at Thermopylae
Aldrich Ames: The KGB’s Most Damaging Mole Inside the CIA
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence: The Royal Executed by Drowning in a Barrel of Wine
Marshal Philippe Petain: From Revered National Hero in WWI to Reviled Traitor in WWII
Louis Renault’s Journey From Revered WWI Hero to Reviled WWII Collaborator
Harold Cole: From Jailbird and British Army Sergeant to Notorious WWII Traitor
Colonel Blood: The Audacious Rogue Who Stole the Crown Jewels of England
The War of the Currents: Nikola Tesla’s Revenge on Thomas Edison
Folklore and Mythology: The Real Life Origins of the King Arthur Legend
Benedict Arnold: From Celebrated Hero to America’s Most Infamous Traitor
Harry Hotspur: The Medieval Knight English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur FC is Named After
When Emperor Constantine the Great Was Manipulated Into Executing His Son Crispus
Josephus: The Great Jewish Revolt Leader Who Switched Sides and Joined the Romans
The Weird Maharajas Who Helped the British Control India
Ferrante I: The King Who Displayed His Mummified Enemies in an Exhibit
Andrey Vlasov: From Stalin’s Favorite General to Russia’s Greatest WWII Turncoat and Traitor
Fighting Women: Joan of Arc, the Teenager Who Saved France, and Was Abandoned by Her Countrymen
The WWII Intelligence Screwup That Almost Placed New Zealand Under Martial Law
Napoleon’s Double Agent Karl Schulmeister Led an Army to Destruction With Fake Newspapers
Ta’abbata Sharran: The Fierce Ancient Arabian Bandit Whose Own Mother Wanted Dead
Spy Catcher Alfred Redl’s Job Was to Unmask Traitors, Until He Was Unmasked as His Country’s Biggest Traitor