RealClearHistory Morning Edition

Thursday, June 20
How Boxer Rebellion Shaped Modern China - The Economist
Boxers Beget Century of War - TDP Dugdale-Pointon, History of War
Last Gasp of Japan's Imperial Navy - John Wokovits, World War II Mag
Tale of Germany's Two Capital Cities - Alan Cowell, New York Times
The Long, Prosperous Reign of Queen Victoria - Britannia
A 'B-Movie' Banana Republic Coup - Alexander Watson, ADST
West Virginia Pulls Its Own Secession - Encyclopedia Virginia
Detroit's Racial Tensions Bubble to Surface - PBS
Bugsy: Life and Death of a Sociopath - Mark Gribben, Crime Library
Did Lizzie Borden Get Away with Murder? - Douglas Linder, UMKC
Wednesday, June 19
Rosenbergs Still Guilty After All - Kathy Shaidle, Front Page Mag
Rosenberg Case: Latter-Day Dreyfus Affair? - Executed Today
America's Other Independence Day - Kenneth Davis, Smithsonian
CSS Alabama Finally Meets Its Match - John Rickard, History of War
Mexico's Quixotic European Emperor - Mex Online
German Roots of British Royals - Finlo Rohrer, BBC News
Mafia Boss Reveals Banker Killing - Tony Thompson, The Guardian
Reporters Still Don't Know Watergate Origin - Ron Rosenbaum, Slate
Much Ado About Nixon's Missing Tape - Chris McGreal, The Guardian
How Curt Flood Changed Baseball - Allen Barra, The Atlantic
Tuesday, June 18
History's 10 Most Influential Battles - Michael Lanning, History Place
How Wellington Beat Napoleon at Waterloo - BBC News
The Pathos of Napoleon's Penis - Judith Pascoe, New York Times
Churchill Agonized Over 'Finest' Speech - Richard Alleyne, Telegraph
How Brit Became Mouthpiece for Nazis - Spartacus Educational
Lord Haw-Haw and His Last Thoughts - Francis Beckett, The Guardian
Frederick Tastes His First Defeat in Bohemia - British Battles
Frederick: 1st Military Celebrity - Dennis Showalter, Military History
Tang Dynasty: Renaissance in Middle Kingdom - Travel Guide China
What Caused Strange Staines Catastrophe? - Air Disaster
Monday, June 17
Nixon Was Far Worse Than We Thought - Bernstein & Woodward, WaPo
Nixon's Downfall a Media Myth - W.J. Campbell, Media Myth Alert
Bunker Hill: A Valuable Defeat for Colonials - Charlestown Online
Berlin Uprising Unnerves Soviet Sphere - Karl Mautner, ADST
Imre Nagy: Hungary's 1956 Martyr - History Learning Site
Hungary's Revolutionary Olympians - Alexander Wolff, Spts Illustrated
Petain Zealously Did Nazis' Bidding - Lizzy Davies, The Guardian
France's Last Public Beheading by Guillotine - Executed Today
'Pretty Boy' Floyd's K.C. Union Station Massacre - FBI
O.J.'s Surreal Low-Speed Chase - Jim Newton & Shawn Hubler, LA Times
Saturday, June 15
From Lee's Home to Arlington Cemetery - Robert Poole, Smithsonian
U.S., Britain Nearly Fight War over a Pig - National Park Service
Strange Borderlands Between U.S. and Canada - Proud Geek
A Lawless Assassination of U.S. Diplomats - George Lambrakis, ADST
Shocking Lynching Stains Minnesota - Minnesota Historical Society
Pushing Closer to Japanese Homeland - Francis O'Brie, WWII Magazine
Wilhelm's Fateful Reign as Kaiser - Michael Duffy, First World War
Kosovo's Bloody History and Jihad - Richard Jansen, Colorado State U.
The Cataclysmic Eruption of Mount Pinatubo - USGS
How the Idea of Flight Became Reality - Judy Rumerman, NPS
Friday, June 14
Birth of America's First-Rate Army - James Nelson, Command Post
A History of Stars and Stripes - U.S. Embassy Stockholm
Truth About Betsy Ross and U.S. Flag - Ed Crews, Colonial Williamsburg
How Each American President Viewed God - PBS
Argentine Cannon Fodder in Hopeless War - Jens Glusing, Der Spiegel
A Reporter's Ordeal as Argentina's POW - Ian Mather, The Observer
Terror Aboard TWA Flight 847 - William Smith, Time
On the Trail of Kentucky Bourbon - Jeff Burkhart, National Geographic
Marengo Victory Bolsters Napoleon - John Rickard, History of War
Plus Ca Change, France Stays the Same - David Bell, Newsweek
Historiat Blog: Harding's Speech Heard 'Round the World
Thursday, June 13
What Actually Killed Alexander the Great - Rosella Lorenzi, Discovery
Lafayette and Founding of America - James Gaines, Smithsonian
The Mysterious Death of Mad King Ludwig - Schwangau
Why Pentagon Papers Matter Now - Daniel Ellsberg, The Guardian
Journalism's Glory Days of Pentagon Papers - Peter Osnos, The Atlantic
USS Jeannette's Fateful Arctic Expedition - Navy Department Library
V1 Flying Bomb: Hitler's First Terror Weapon - The History Place
The Strange Case of 'Miranda' - Caldwell & Lief, American Heritage
Recent Treason Cases in the United Kingdom - BBC News
The Love of Martin Luther's Life - Erwin Weber, The Lutheran Journal
Historiat Blog: Pentagon Papers Spill Vietnam War's Secrets
Wednesday, June 12
Reagan's 4 Words That Changed the World - Peter Robinson, WSJ
Myth of Reagan's Berlin Wall Speech - James Mann, New York Times
Reagan's Ideal Overpowered Status Quo - Romesh Ratnesar, Time
Jury Is Still Out on Boris Yeltsin - Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia Global
Inside O.J.'s 'If I Did it' Memoir - James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
Simpson Confidant Kardashian Doubted His Innocence - CNN
When 'Son of Sam' Terrified Gotham - Marilyn Bardsley, Crime Library
Top 10 (Actually 13) Serial Killers in History - Ranker
Exposing Secrets of Mississippi Racism - Marcel Dufresne, AJR
Cooperstown: Escape Into Baseball Lore - Troy Renck, Denver Post
Historiat Blog: Cold War Pivots on 'Tear Down This War'
Tuesday, June 11
Americans' Nightmare in Soviet 'Paradise' - Tim Tzouliadis, BBC News
German Complicity in Stalin's Purges - Frank Smitha, Microhistory
JFK's Civil Rights Turning Point - Robert Schlesinger, US News
Wallace Defiance Marks Civil Rights Standoff - Debbie Elliott, NPR
China Thwarts Japan's Quick War Hopes - Peter Chen, WWII Database
Top 10 Asian War Films - Marcello Milteer, Japan Cinema
Bombing Pantellaria Into Submission - Combined Operations
Colonists Take on Mighty British Navy - Liberty Hall Maine
The Most Daring Escape from Alcatraz - Alcatraz History
Le Mans: Death at High Speed - Paul Skilleter, Jaguar World
The Historiat Blog: Ben Hogan's Triumph of the Spirit
Monday, June 10
Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah - John Imboden, Civil War Trust
Mussolini Goes for a Piece of Fallen France - Comando Supremo
Nazi Germany's Conquest of Norway - John Rickard, History of War
Did Mallory Summit Everest? - Graham Hoyland, The Independent
Nero and Rome's Persecution of Christians - UNRV History
Salem Witch Trials Roil Early Colony - Douglas Linder, UMKC
A Young Girl's 18 Years in Captivity - Kristal Hawkins, Crime Library
China Makes Hash Out of War with France - Jeff Miller, Jeff's Taiwan
The Lost Battles of Vietnam War - Carlton Meyer, G2mil
Secretariat and a Performance for the Ages - Ron Flatter, ESPN
Historiat Blog: Ben Franklin's Electrifying Experiment

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