Week of February 8, 2016 Archives

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Monday, February 8
The Life and Crimes of Josef Mengele
Stefan Kanfer, People
How 'Angel of Death' Eluded Justice
Alice Siegert, Chicago Tribune
The Nazi 'Ratlines' to South America
Aarons & Loftus, Unholy Trinity
Napoleon on the Precipice of Victory
Kennedy Hickman, About.com
Russia Barely Dodges Knockout Blow
Michael Duffy, First World War
Dreyfus' Case Still Resonates
Edward Rothstein, New York Times
Why Britain Never Bought Into Europe
Toby Helm, The Observer
Bojinka: A Warning Shot Before 9/11
Matthew Brzezinski, Toronto Star
Great Fire of Baltimore Did Claim Lives
Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun
When The Beatles Hit America
Todd Leopold, CNN
Tuesday, February 9
The West's First War With China
Tonio Andrade, The Diplomat
Modern Japan's Coming-Out Party
Robert Citino, History Net
Russia: Victim of Japan's First Surprise Attack
RussoJapaneseWar
Piecing Together East Germany's Dark Secrets
Andrew Curry, Wired
Why Berlin Can't Forget STASI
Tony Paterson, The Independent
The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots
Executed Today
The Changing Face of Britain's Monarch
Hannah Betts, Telegraph
Walk of Fame Made Hollywood a Destination
Hugo Martin, LA Times
D.W. Griffith Reconsidered
Christopher Jacobs, High Plains Reader
Birth of a Nation Was a Masterpiece
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Wednesday, February 10
In Defense of Joe McCarthy
Jonah Goldberg, National Review
McCarthy's 'Red Scare' in Hindsight
Ted Morgan, Claremont Institute
U-2 and Cold War That Nearly Turned Hot
Samuel Chi, Historiat
A Most Contentious Presidential Election
Miller Center
Harrison's Short Reign in Washington
Gail Collins, History Reader
Jefferson Davis' Lost Legacy
Elizabeth Crisp, USA Today
Putting Brakes on Japan's War Machine
Peter Antill, History of War
A Forgotten Massacre in South Korea
Chun Su-jin, JoongAng Daily
Ehime Maru Opens Old Wounds
Maeda Tetsuo, Japan in the World
Sylmar: L.A.'s First Big Quake
Kevin Modesti, Los Angeles Daily News
Thursday, February 11
Sacking of Baghdad and End of Caliphate
Ian Frazier, New Yorker
What Went Wrong After Islam's Golden Age
Paul Kennedy, NY Times
Nuclear Brinksmanship in Taiwan Strait
Global Security
Unraveling the 'Hollow Nickel' Case of Rudolph Abel
FBI
The German Past of British Monarchy
Finlo Rohrer, BBC News
Prince Albert: The Love of Queen Victoria's Life
Mad Monarchist
Britain Trumps France in War of Empires
French and Indian War
All the News That's Fit to Print
W. Joseph Campbell, Media Myth Alert
Tyson Opens Up About Rape Conviction
Marlow Stern, Daily Beast
Ending Humanity's Dominance in Chess
William Saletan, Slate
Friday, February 12
German Navy's 'Channel Dash'
Chris Trueman, History Learning Site
Operation Deadlight Ends Era of U-Boats
Derek Waller, U boat
Don't Sugar-Coat Mandela Legacy
Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Why de Klerk Freed Mandela
Alex Duval Smith, The Guardian
Mandela's Years on Robben Island
Paul Valley, The Independent
The Fight Over Eisenhower Memorial
Paul Goldberger, Vanity Fair
What Would Ike Think of His Memorial?
Michael Brick, Esquire
Clinton's Highly Contentious Acquittal
Alison Mitchell, NY Times
Meiji Era: Japan Rises to Become World Power
Japan Reference
10 Notorious Art Thefts in History
Weirdly Odd
Saturday, February 13
The 'Good War' of WWII Is a Myth
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Boston Globe
Necessary or Not, Dresden Lingers
John Keegan, The Telegraph
The Truth and Legacy of Firebombing
Paul Oestreicher, The Guardian
The Moral Dilemma of Dresden
Eoghan Harris, The Independent
Conflagration's Military Justification
Frederick Taylor, Der Spiegel
Was Churchill a War Criminal?
York Membery, History Today
The Gruesome Struggle for Hungary's Capital
Peter Zwack, MHQ
Unraveling Raoul Wallenberg's Secrets
John Nadler, Time
British Architect's Finest Work
Tripti Lahiri, India RealTime
Key Questions in Lindbergh Case
Jim Fisher, University of Edinboro
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