military history

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/16/19
  

  Brenda Wineapple Reviews WOMEN’S WAR: FIGHTING AND SURVIVING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 
by Stephanie McCurry

  Who wrote women out of Civil War history?

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• 8/18/19
  

  The Civil War and the Black West

  by William Loren Katz

  The integral role people of color played in winning the Civil War. 

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• 8/11/19
  

  The Greatest Generals Across Generations

  by Benjamin Runkle

  The Greatest Generation’s generals’ triumphs were anything but predetermined, and required a series of accidents and twists of fate to bring them to the point where their innate courage, intelligence, and determination could be decisive.

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• 8/18/19
  

  Many Historians Got It Wrong on Obama's Foreign Policy

  by Jeremy Kuzmarov

  Many historians appear to have been so mesmerized by Obama’s charisma and progressive domestic policies that they cannot properly criticize the foreign policy of Obama.

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• 8/4/19
  

  “Mr. Straight Arrow,” John Hersey, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb

  by D. M. Giangreco

  What recent histories getsright--and wrong--about Harry S. Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times Magazine
  7/31/2019
  

  The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves

  The Army didn’t want the flood of veterans returning home to become a disruptive presence or a financial burden on society.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/19/19
  

  A Group of German Leaders Tried to Kill Hitler in 1944. Here’s Why They Failed

  by Albinko Hasic

  For a brief moment in history, Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators thought they had succeeded in turning the tide of World War II and potentially saving thousands of additional lives. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  75 Years After World War II Theft, a Painting Returns to Italy

  75 years after a German soldier made off with it, the small “Vase of Flowers” by Jan van Huysum returned. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  U.S. Ship Sunk in World War II by German Sub Is Found Off Maine Coast

  The U.S.S. Eagle PE-56, which lost 49 of 62 crew members, was located by a civilian dive team.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  That question might seem overwrought but, in fact, the U.S. government and others are increasing the role that nuclear weapons play in their “national security” policies. 

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• 7/21/19
  

  "If ever I felt that I ought to be five priests it was that week:" Chaplains in World War 2

  by John Wukovits

  Though they conducted many rigorous tasks, the chaplains cherished the knowledge that they had comforted dying young men, and subsequently their families, in their final moments.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  7/16/19
  

  Eisenhower's Worst Nightmare

  by William D. Hartung

  When, in his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the “unwarranted influence” wielded by the “military-industrial complex,” he could never have dreamed of an arms-making corporation of the size and political clout of Lockheed Martin.

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• 7/14/19
  

  The Civil War Battle Decided By A General's Mistakes

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The battle for Lynchburg, Virginia, a pivotal city in the Civil War, was decided by one general's mistakes.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  7/9/19
  

  The War Against Endless War Heats Up With Koch-Soros Salvo

  by Ronald Radosh

  The otherwise ideologically opposed billionaires are the latest unlikely pair to find common ground in the idea that American power is the root cause of the world’s problems.

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  7/5/19
  

  How Fake News Could Lead to Real War

  by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon

  We think of false information as a domestic problem. It’s much more dangerous than that.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  7/9/19
  

  The Riptide of American Militarism

  by William Astore

  As Americans wrestled with the possibility of finding themselves in a second looming world war, what advice did the CFR have for then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940?

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• 7/7/19
  

  Flight Girls: Remembering World War 2's Women Airforce Service Pilots

  by Noelle Salazar 

  "I was stunned by anecdotes of bravery, death and outright misogyny. And I was baffled the subjects of these stories had tried to be heard, but still, seventy-seven years later, for the most part were unknown to the greater public."

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• 7/7/19
  

  The End of Humanitarian Intervention? A Debate at the Oxford Union With Historian David Gibbs and Michael Chertoff

  by David N. Gibbs

  Michael Chertoff -- former Secretary of Homeland Security during the presidency of George W. Bush and coauthor of the USA Patriot Act – defended humanitarian intervention; Gibbs argued against the practice. 

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• 6/30/19
  

  Colin Powell’s Recent “Lincoln Medal” Disregards A Checkered Past

  by Jeffrey J. Matthews

  Powell’s outstanding service as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff notwithstanding, the perpetual lionizing of the general has had the effect of misbalancing the historical record. Despite of—or because of—his popularity and patriotic achievements, Powell has not been held to account for some of his major failings as a public servant.