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  • Bonapartists in the United States
    The century between 1750 and 1850 witnessed a period of immense transformation, politically, economically and culturally. New ideas, revolutions, wars and the rise of industrialism shook the known world, bringing great men to rise and at the same time devastating old institutions. Out of these ruins a new world evolved, the world we live in today. In those p […]
  • Ancient History in 15 minutes: Mesopotamia
    The "Timewatch" series are intended for all history enthusiasts - novices or experts alike. It's goal is to make complex history concise and understandable in maximum 2000 words. It tries to avoid the dry, musty and scholarly style that is inherent to many historical works. Timewatch wants to make the past fun and underderstandable! In this 1s […]
  • Edwin Stanton at War
    The first of two parts chronicling the boldness of Edwin Stanton. This entry discusses Stanton's role leading up to the conclusion of the American Civil War. Part two will discuss his role in early Reconstruction. […]
  • John Ericsson
    You can make whatever you wish of this man... the propeller, his financial ineptitude, his overbearing personality, his gun and match recoil design, his engineering genius, or the USS Monitors impact upon the American Civil War... this man was a patriot! […]

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  • Comment on Hurray For The Two-Party System by frankchadwick
    Andy, with respect to the non-structural nature of the U.S. two-party system, you are correct that there is nothing constitutional which mandates two parties and we have nad multiple parties in the past -- in fact have one socialist and one independent senator right now. But the campaign finance laws currently favor two parties, since there is a support thre […]
  • Comment on Hurray For The Two-Party System by frankchadwick
    Andy, I can't say for sure what I would have done instead, and I'm not certain my wisdom on the subject would be all that valuable at this remove. From what I know of the situation, however, I am reasonably certain that the U.S. architects of Iraq's current governmental structure deliberately accentuated the a three-way split which could not b […]
  • Comment on What Does This Say? by frankchadwick
    Barbara, I understand what you are saying but no one sent Iman al-Hams to die. She was simply a little girl who apparently got lost. Tom, the source article is not from the New York Times, and I do not work for them, but I would be proud to do so. […]
  • Comment on An End to the Ghurkas? by frankchadwick
    Sensemaker, I went back and deleted your comments on that column, which is the only way I know to make sure your name no longer shows up. Do Swedish employers not have the option of probationary periods for new hires? […]
  • Comment on What Does This Say? by mikiehorn
    http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/768631631.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+16%2C+2004&author=Jerusalem+Post+Staff&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=02&desc=IDF+commander+%27had+no+idea%27+he+killed+young+girl Initial trial goes back to 2004!!! Conflicting versions of the events seem to make this case less clear than […]

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  • Obama and Lincoln in the White House
    President Barack Obama dicusses the Emacipation Proclamation with guests. Official White House photo by Pete Souza. This past June, while the sputtering economy, seemingly bottomless oil spill and the war in Afghanistan dominated headlines, a distinguished "visitor" departed the White House after five quiet months in residence. Too few people ever […]
  • The Overmountain Men Battle for the Carolinas
    At the 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, a force of backwoods hunters known as the overmountain men thrashed the Loyalists, altering the destiny of the Southern states. […]
  • Was Secession Legal
    Southerners insisted they could legally bolt from the Union. Northerners swore they could not. War would settle the matter for good. Over the centuries, various excuses have been employed for starting wars. Wars have been fought over land or honor. Wars have been fought over soccer (in the case of the conflict between Honduras and El [...] […]
  • Interview with Author Sebastian Junger
    Best-selling author Sebastian Junger joined an Army combat infantry unit on its 15-month deployment to research his latest book, War. […]
  • Military History - November 2010 - Letters from Readers
    Readers letters in the November 2010 issue of Military History sound off about the 1975 Mayaguez Incident, the 1948-60 Malayan Emergency, U-boats, author Evan Thomas, the 1967-70 Suez War of Attrition, the 1899-1902 Second Boer War, female submariners and North Korean aggression. […]

Currently browsing the tag World War II

A 16mm Kodachrome home movie shows the exuberance in Wakiki when word of the Japanese surrender arrived in 1945.  More.
Gerald D. Swick | 2 Comments 
Although the U.S. Army had state-of-the-art combined arms doctrine on paper, it had not practiced it as well as needed in live training exercises.  More.
Frank Chadwick | 6 Comments 
History is tidal, but it is also the swimmer swimming against the tide, and it is also a bit of blind chance, with all three of them balanced on the edge of a blade.  More.
Frank Chadwick | 2 Comments 
Did a Japanese mini-sub launch a torpedo which struck a battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941? That is the premise of a new episode of NOVA, the prestigious science program on PBS.  More.
Jay Wertz | 1 Comment 
Bing Crosby said a few things on the Dec. 21, 1944, broadcast of the Kraft Music Hall that still resonate true today.  More.
Rob Citino | 1 Comment 
Instilling a love of history requires more than names and dates - it means finding personal connections and relevance.  More.
Jill Tewsley | 3 Comments 
Why didn't Hitler have his military use poison gas against cities or troop formations, when he showed no other sign of restraint?  More.
Rob Citino | 7 Comments 
Paul Davis wraps up his interview with author Ben Macintyre by asking him about the similarities between Agent Zigzag and James Bond.  More.
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One of WWII's great stories was the amazing experience of Ensign George H. Gay, Jr. of Waco, Texas, pilot of a Devastator torpedo bomber at Midway.  More.
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In Part II of Paul Davis' interview with author Ben Macintyre we learn that good and evil are not mutually exclusive qualities.  More.
Paul Davis | 1 Comment 
World War II double-agent Eddie Chapman, aka, Agent ZigZag was all the things a spy should be: dishonest, selfish, opportunistic, manipulative, brave, charming and surprisingly, generous.  More.
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There are hundreds of little-known stories from WWII that would make for great drama. One of them took place in the wilds of Borneo in 1944–45 and is told in the documentary 'The Airmen and the Headhunters' on PBS.  More.
Jay Wertz | 3 Comments 
On Veterans Day, why not read some letters written during wartime?  More.
Gerald D. Swick | 1 Comment 
Flying a bomber over Nazi-occupied Europe was by its nature a dangerous business, but some of the problems might have been avoidable.  More.
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Romantic images of handsome flyboys sailing off into the "wild blue yonder,” dropping their bombs on the Nazis, and returning to base for a well-deserved Scotch don't take into account the high American casualty rate over Europe in WWII.  More.
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Was LTC L. W. Andrew's decision to withdraw his New Zealand battalion from Hill 107 during the Crete campaign incompetence or cowardice - or neither?  More.
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Benito Mussolini is widely regarded as the clown prince of World War II, a buffoon whose 'leadership' led Italy to disaster - but that overlooks the effects he and his nation had on the war.  More.
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Thankfully, the British government could not stop the publication of Secret Wars: One Hundred Years of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6.  More.
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I was pretty hard last week on Admiral William F. Halsey (see “Halsey in the Dock,” September 20th, 2009). So let me, in my best scholarly-historian “on the one hand, on the other hand” fashion, make a case for a commander like the Bull.  More.
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Did the very qualities that made tough-talking, hard-fighting Admiral William F. (“Bull”) Halsey a hero also cause his undoing?  More.
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Motor torpedo boats built by the Japanese were more of a threat to their crews than to the enemy, falling apart about as fast as they were built.  More.
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The Luftwaffe's stunning reverse in the air over Poland needed covering up, particularly from Germany's own population and ground forces. It would hardly have inspired confidence to learn that the Luftwaffe had outnumbered its opponent by 4:1 in its first serious outing, had superior aircraft, and had been humiliated.  More.
Frank Chadwick | 12 Comments 
While touring Omaha Beach with a group of West Point cadets, epiphany followed epiphany.  More.
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Polish horse cavalry charging German panzers during World War II is a myth – but it is one of that war's most enduring myths.  More.
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