Week of January 29, 2018 Archives

RealClearHistory AM Update

Monday, January 29

Hubris Created Challenger Disaster, Changed NASA

Amy Shira Teitel History.com

Oral History: Challenger Explosion

Margaret Lazarus Dean Popular Mechanics

Hooker Weirdest General of Civil War

Andrew Knighton War History Online

Romans Used Fish Guts Like Ketchup

Maria Jose Noain Maura National Geographic

Is It Time to Give Gitmo Back to Cuba?

Jonathan Hansen NY Times

'Get Out of Dodge' Just a Result of Fake News

R. Dykstra & J. Manfra Smithsonian

Cooperstown's First Class Was Best Class

Joe Halverson Bleacher Report

I Had 'a Penis in One Hand, a Knife in the Other'

Catherine Townsend Crime Feed

This Day in History: January 29

Tuesday, January 30

Stalin's Not-So-Stealth Attack on Jews After WW II

Oleg Yegorov Russia Beyond

Tet Offensive Failed, But Stunned Americans

Matthew Wills JSTOR Daily

7 Remnants of Roosevelt's New Deal

Debbie Hadley ThoughtCo.com

Politics Behind Gandhi's Assassination

Abhishek Saha Hindustan Times

'Typical' Special Ops Warrior: Married, With Children

Lee Ferran RealClearLife

King Charles' Reign Ends in Death

Eyewitness to History

Can't Remember What You Just Read? You're Not Alone

Julie Beck The Atlantic

History of Super Bowl Staple Buffalo Chicken Wings

Zoe Bain Delish

This Day in History: January 30

Wednesday, January 31

Conspirator Leapt to Death to Avoid Being Quartered

Five Minute History

Witness to Execution: Pvt. Slovik 'Bravest' Soldier

Michael Daly The Daily Beast

Mass Murder Requires Intimacy

Jackie Mansky Smithsonian

German Use of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Backfired

History Learning Site

Andrew Jackson Beat Would-Be Assassin With Cane

Jennifer Latson Time

Presidents Who Survived Assassination Attempts

Michael Slenske The Atlantic

Is the Cold War Still Going On?

History Extra

Trotsky Loses Struggle Against Stalin

Gerhard Rempel WNEC

Study of History Predicted USSR’s Fall, China’s Rise

Francis P. Sempa The Diplomat

This Day in History: January 31

Thursday, February 1

Japan Strives to Forget Guadalcanal

Kirk Spitzer Time

Guadalcanal Plan: Operation Shoestring

National World War II Museum

Inside Op 34A, Nasty PT Boats

J. Jennings & T.D. Cam Mobile Riverine Force Assn.

Texas Secession Angered Houston, Trapped Lee

Kate Galbraith Texas Tribune

Edward III a Warrior Who Made England Strong

Kennedy Hickman ThoughtCo.com

7 English Kings Who Changed History

History Extra

How the Name of 'Quisling' Gained Infamy

Encyclopedia.com

How Hollywood -- Not Flagstaff -- Became Hollywood

Zelda Roland KCET

Reminder: Roman Polanski Raped a Child

Kate Harding Salon

This Day in History: February 1

Friday, February 2

Hitler's Not Most Evil Man in History, Stalin Is

Jamie Frater Listverse

Ultimate Demise of Germany's Sixth Army

Dennis Showalter History Net

North Korea Saved Tiny Country From Coup

War Is Boring

10 Offbeat Holidays Celebrated in U.S., Canada

Brandon Christensen RealClearHistory

Was Africa Better Off Under Colonial Rule?

Tunde Obadina AfBIS

Is Xi Jinping a Kinder, Gentler Version of Mao?

Doug Bandow National Interest

Epitome of Chutzpah: 'Super Bowl Shuffle'

Sean Cunningham RealClearLife

Frank Serpico: After the Fateful Day

Kathleen Phalen Gadfly

Marine Jet's Deadly Alpine Encounter

Tagliabue & Ward NY Times

Tracing Buddy Holly's Last Days

Jonathan Cott Rolling Stone

This Day in History: February 2

Monday, February 5

Destroying Evidence Nothing New for FBI

James Brovard The Hill

'So This Is Death,' Thought SS Tuscania Survivor

Brandon Champion Mlive.com

Washington Didn't Want to Be President

Sarah Booth Conroy Washington Papers

FDR's Colossal Failure at Yalta

Arnold Beichman Hoover Digest

Patty Hearst: Heiress, Kidnap Victim, Outlaw

Eun Kyung Kim Today.com

Rise of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela

Richard Lapper CFR

Bundle of Nerves, Literally, Dissected in 1925

Brandon Specktor Live Science

This Day in History: February 5