February 15, 2016 Archives

Week of February 15, 2016 Archives

RealClearHistory Morning Edition

Monday, February 15

Chicago's Bloody Valentine's Day

Jonathan Eig, Chicago Magazine

Beginning of End of Chicago's Gangster War

Pat Horan, Historiat

Islam's Assassination of the Mind

Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair

The Day Khrushchev Denounced Stalin

John Rettie, BBC News

Khrushchev Dismantled Stalinist Cult

Mikhail Gorbachev, Guardian

Poland's Forgotten Win over Russia

Robert Szymczak, Military History

Was Bombing of Prague a Mistake?

Radio Praha, Jarka Halkova

Murder of U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan

Bruce Flatin, ADST

Hariri's Killers Untroubled by Indictment

Nicholas Blanford, Time

Capt. Cook's Unfortunate Demise

Betty Fullard-Leo, Coffee Times

Tuesday, February 16

Britain's Hour of Humiliation

Allen Parfitt, Military History Online

Singapore Was Won By More Than a Bluff

Toh Boon Ho, JSAF

'Tiger of Malay' and His Unjust End

Nathaniel Helms, WWII Magazine

Chicago's Mayor Dies for Roosevelt

Pete Kendall, Chicago Tribune

FDR's Strange Would-Be Assassin

Matt Dattilo, Today in History

What Really Destroyed USS Maine?

Edward McMorrow, Span-Am War

Did Hearst Actually 'Furnish War'?

W.J. Campbell, Media Myth Alert

Cubans Still See American Maine Plot

Larry Rother, New York Times

Turning Back Red Menace in Korea

John Brown, U.S. Army

For Earnhardt, 20th Time's the Charm

Ryan McGee, ESPN

Wednesday, February 17

Birth of 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant

Jim Jobe, Civil War Trust

Nathan Bedford Forrest: Genius on Horseback

Son of the South

Will Elizabeth Be the Last Monarch?

Tim Stanley, The New Republic

Don't Forget Castro's a Monster

Humberto Fontova, Front Page Mag

Cuba's 50 Years of Poverty and Death

Gerald Warner, The Telegraph

Demjanjuk Trial: For Justice or a Farce?

Scott Raab, Esquire

The Persecution of John Demjanjuk

Patrick Buchanan, Human Events

Inside the Mind of Hezbollah

Robin Wright, Washington Post

Who Won NHL's Epic Lockout?

Paul Staudohar, Monthly Labor Review

Worst Snowstorms to Hit U.S.

Tanya Lewis, Live Science

Thursday, February 18

Sherman and Birth of 'Total War'

Jay Tolson, US News & World Rpt

Sherman Burns Columbia, Marches On

Henry Slocum, History Net

Adams-Jefferson II: Getting Nastier

Patrick Spero, RealClearHistory

Thomas Jefferson's Eventful Elections

Miller Center

A Relevant, Brief History of Islam

Miguel Faria, Hacienda Publishing

One-Time Communist Allies Turn on Each Other

Global Security

China's Real Goal in Picking on Vietnam

Howard French, NY Times

South Africa's Short-Lived Orange Free State

British Empire

The Best-Selling Cars of All-Time

Douglas McIntyre, 24/7 Wall St.

Did Hitler Steal Beetle Idea from a Jew?

Emma Reynolds, Daily Mail

Friday, February 19

Japan's Killing Orgy in Singapore

Hayashi Hirofumi, Japan Focus

What Fall of Singapore Teaches U.S.

Michael Auslin, The Diplomat

Japanese Doctors of Depravity

Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail

Nazis Snuff Out 'White Rose'

Jacob Hornberger, Jewish Virtual Library

Hitler and Goebbels: A Deadly Partnership

PBS

Robert Hanssen: The Spy Who Sold Out His Country

FBI

Top 10 Traitors in American History

Listverse

Mutiny Spells Empire's End in India

Dhananjaya Bhat, Tribune India

Earnhardt's Sudden Death Still Jarring

Bob Pockrass, Sporting News

How Pluto Got Demoted as a Planet

The Economist

Saturday, February 20

Death and Triumph on Iwo Jima

Cyril O'Brien, Military.com

An Island Turned Into Killing Field

Paul Kengor, Grove City College

Facing the 'Fox' in the Desert

Brian John Murphy, America in WWII

U.S. Army's Baptism by Fire in North Africa

Eric Niderost, MHO

Japan Unleashes Terror on Australia

Tom Frame, Quadrant

Why Internment Was a Good Idea

Daniel Pipes, New York Sun

Rocky Mountain Camps Revisited

Esmeralda Bermudez, LA Times

The Story of O'Hares and Chicago

Larry Offner, St. Louis Magazine

What John Glenn Saw from Space

Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

Night of Inferno and Death in 'Station'

Mike Hammer, Hammer News