Week of April 25, 2016 Archives

RealClearHistory Morning Edition

Monday, April 25
Jimmy Carter's Debacle in Iran's Desert
Mark Bowden, The Atlantic
Failures and Lessons From 'Operation Eagle Claw'
Helis.com
A Bloodbath on Beaches of Gallipoli
New Zealand History Online
How Churchill Made Gallipoli a Debacle
Robert Messenger, WSJ
ANZACs Part of Turkish Legend
Joseph Catanzaro, West Australian
Gallipoli and Australian Nationhood
Peter Stanley, ABC News
When GI Joe Met Ivan on the Elbe
Martin Herzog, Atlantic Times
Enduring the Last Nazi War Crimes Trial
Lawrence Douglas, Harper's
The End of Athenian Empire
Kurt Kuhlmann, Warhorse Simulations
Donner Party's Pioneering Tragedy
Legends of America
Tuesday, April 26
Was Killing of John Wilkes Booth a Myth?
Jesse Hicks, The Verge
Documenting the Death of an Assassin
Ashley Luthern, Smithsonian
Where Civil War Really Ended
Eric Wittenberg, Civil War Cavalry
Gestapo: Hitler's Henchmen
Philip Gavin, History Place
Luftwaffe's Day of Terror in Guernica
Eyewitness to History
Piecing Together Picasso's Guernica
Gijs van Hensbergen, BBC News
How America Used to Take on Rogue State
Joshua London, Heritage
The Peaceful Fall of a Korean Strongman
Marshall Green, ADST
The Difficult Road to the Moon
Andrew LePage, The Space Review
Chernobyl: Ignorance, Complacency, Disaster
Richard Rhodes, PBS
Wednesday, April 27
The Gruesome Demise of Benito Mussolini
Custer Men
Sex Diary Reveals Duce's Soft Side
Alexander Smoltczyk, Der Spiegel
The Death of Ferdinand Magellan
Frederick Ober, Heritage History
Spanish Rule in the Philippines
Philippine Country
Americans' Sack of Toronto
R. & T. Malcomson, Military History
Real Story How Toronto Got Its Name
Natural Resources Canada
Lincoln's Crackdown on Civil Liberties
David Greenberg, Slate
SS Sultana: Titanic on the Mississippi
This Week in Civil War
The Skeletons of Kurt Waldheim
James Graff, Time
The Day a Diplomat Opened Fire
Christopher Hope, The Telegraph
Thursday, April 28
Untold Story of L.A. Riots
David Whitman, US News & World Report
How Armed Koreans Beat Back Rioters
Seth Mydans, New York Times
Saving Reginald Denny While L.A. Burned
Martha Groves, LA Times
Bismarck's Plot for Another War?
J.V. Fuller, Bismarck's Diplomacy
Muslim Horde's Easy Conquest of Iberia
Robert Daniels, MHO
Islam's Enduring Influence on Spain
Habeeb Salloum, Milli Gazette
Australia's Lessons for Gun Control
Helen Clark, CS Monitor
Scientific Exam on Mutiny on the Bounty
Michael Shermer, S.A.
Top 10 Titles Stripped for Rules Violations
RealClearSports
Why Muhammad Ali Is No Hero
Joe Bruno, Joe Bruno on Boxing
Friday, April 29
Hitler's Final Hours in Ruins of Berlin
Petrova & Watson, Wash. Post
Last Witness in Hitler's Suicide Bunker
Steven Rosenberg, BBC News
Whatever Happened to Hitler's Body?
Matt Soniak, Mental Floss
DNA Test Casts Doubt on 'Hitler Skull'
Uki Goni, The Guardian
The Frantic Final Days in Saigon
Loren Jenkins, NPR
Kissinger Still Deluded About the Fall of Vietnam
Smithsonian
Leaving Saigon Amidst Chaos and War
Terry McNamara, ADST
Vietnam: A Test for 6 U.S. Presidents
Leslie Gelb, New York Times
Jefferson's Big Buy to Expand American Power
Monticello
Seles: Brilliant Career Cut Short by a Knife
Christopher Clarey, IHT
Saturday, April 30
Stonewall's Chancellorsville Triumph
Robert Krick, Civil War Trust
Hooker Wastes a Golden Chance
George Rogan, America's Civil War
Bloody Civil War Wrapped in a 'Red Badge'
University of Virginia
Top 12 Civil War Books Ever Written
Glenn LaFantasie, Salon
U.S. Navy's Comprehensive Victory Over Spain
U.S. Navy
Germany in Dying Days of Third Reich
Gudmundur Helgason, U boat
Glimpse of Life Inside Hermit Kingdom
Julian Ryall, The Telegraph
Why Did Gary Powers' U-2 Spy Plane Crash?
Aerospace Web
Kamehameha I: Hawaii's Unifying Ruler
John Fischer, About.com
Empire State Building's Tangled Past
Charles Bagli, New York Times
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