Ambrose Bierce’s Tormented view of war
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Interview: Allen Guelzo / Reconstruction’s Lost Cause
Northerners believed that creating a capitalist economy was the first priority and felt, naively, that racial and political problems would solve themselves.
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2018
At the end of the Spanish-American War America was prohibited by law from acquiring this territory.
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Book Review: The War Outside My Window
In 1860, 12-year-old LeRoy Gresham began keeping a daily diary. The second son and […]
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How Japanese American Linguists helped the U.S. Army fight Japan
Japanese American linguists fought at great risk for the country that questioned their loyalty
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Fire for Effect: Inertia in the Solomons
National WWII Museum’s senior historian Robert M. Citino talks about how the many moments in the war “when inertia seemed to dominate strategy.”
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Interview: Sam Wilson / Yes, i was a ‘Merrill’s Marauder’
Conversation with General Sam Wilson, a member of Merrill’s Marauders during WWII.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2018
The anti-Vietnam War song “Ohio” by Neil Young was inspired by events at this university.
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Daily Quiz for July 8, 2018
This was the official name of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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How “Catkillers” in a Bullet-Riddled Cessna Turned Back an NVA Attack on a Base Near the DMZ
Flying low and slow, pilots in a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog hunted down the enemy at Con Thien, a Marine outpost called the “Hill of Angels.”