Week of August 19, 2019 Archives

RealClearHistory AM Update

Monday, August 19
American Dream Becomes Fatal Nightmare
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair
USS Yorktown Sinks ... and Crew Member Shares How
Warfare History Network
Meet the Man Who Sank USS Yorktown
World War II Database
10 Things About Genghis Khan
Evan Andrews History.com
A Forgotten SS Reprisal in Italy
Martha Bates A Path to Lunch
How 'Old Ironsides' Got Its Name
Eyewitness to History
The Stunning Rise and Fall of Leon Trotsky
Jewish Virtual Library
Coup Humiliates Gorbachev
Charles Stuart Kennedy ADST
North Korea's Brazen Axe Murder at the DMZ
Global Security
How Larry Bird Saved Celtics, NBA as a Rookie
CelticsBlog
This Day in History: August 19


Tuesday, August 20
What Went Wrong for Napoleon at Waterloo
Jean-Noel Bregeon National Geographic
Where Are the Menendez Brothers Now?
Kaitlin Menza Town and Country
Unmasking Prague Spring for What It Really Was
Jan Richter Prague Post
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in Photos
Alan Taylor The Atlantic
Primer on Battle of Bosworth
Chris Skidmore History Extra
How Estonia Got Its Independence Back
Country Studies
The Archive Detective: Hunting for Lost U.S. Treasures
Nina Strochlic Atlas Obscura
Von Hindenburg Never Intended for Hitler to Take Power
The History Place
Detailing Pro Football History
B. Riffenburgh & B. Carroll Pro Football Researchers
Helen of Troy Was a Whore
Bettany Hughes History Today
This Day in History: August 20


Wednesday, August 21
The 100 Days That Ended Germany's WW I Hopes
History of War
When Lithuania Had Designs on Conquering Russia
Boris Egorov Russia Beyond
Superiors Thought 'Bloody Ban' Was Reckless
American Battlefield Trust
Missouri Ruffians' Brutal Lawrence Massacre
J.S. Broughton PBS
Yoritomo: Japan's First Sh?gun
Japan.com
A Bloody Shootout at Ruby Ridge
Douglas Linder UMKC
Hong Kong Can Learn From Itself, British
I. Marlow & N. Lung Japan Times
Hawaii's Surreal Journey to Statehood
Paul Theroux New York Times
12 Most Audacious Art Thefts in History
T.L. Perez Ranker
Remember Sony Walkman? It Changed World
Paul Schrodt Wall Street Journal
This Day in History: August 21


Thursday, August 22
Why Brazil Joined WW II and How It Changed
Frank D. McCann UNH
Would Michael Collins Have Become a Dictator?
John Dorney The Irish Story
Most Notorious Prison Started as Leper Colony
Ian Harvey The Vintage News
'Creepy' Karpis and His Gang of Kidnappers
FBI
Britain's History of Violence and Cruelty
Christopher Hitchens Slate
How The Citroën DS Saved Charles de Gaulle
Patrick George Jalopnik
Even Nazis Despised Ribbentrop
Richard Wilkinson History Today
Inside Riots, Tear Gas and 1972 RNC
Tim Findley Rolling Stone
The Worst Thing Clinton Has Ever Done
Peter Edelman The Atlantic
China Essentially Gave Critial Island to Vietnam
Zhen-Gang Ji The Diplomat
This Day in History: August 22


Friday, August 23
This 'Magic Metal' Is Great for Making Bombs
Mimi Sheller MIT Press
11 Aircraft That Fought in Battle of Britain
Tom Ames History Hit
9th-Century Pope Exhumed for Trial
Alberto Reche Ontillera National Geographic
The Night Stalin and Hitler Divided Europe
Robert Coalson RFERL
Soldier Tried to Kill Superior, But Army Forgave Him
Fred L. Borch History Net
Visigoths and Nearing End for Rome
Richard Cavendish History Today
Sacco and Vanzetti: Wrongly Accused Martyrs?
Olivia B. Waxman Time
Pre-Israel Massacre of Jews in Holy Land
Jewish Virtual Library
Dowd Report Details Why Baseball Banned Pete Rose
The Dowd Report
Vesuvius Eruption Boiled Blood, Made Skulls Explode
Jason Daley Smithsonian
This Day in History: August 23 | August 24 | August 25
Monday, August 26
Did Anyone Really Win Battle of Zorndorf?
Obscure Battles
Battle of Tannenberg: Outnumbered Germans Prevail
Nathan H. Lhrar Medium
The Eruption Heard (Part Way) Around the World
Erin McCarthy Mental Floss
Longbow Wins Supremacy at Crecy
Kennedy Hickman About.com
America's Role in Freeing Paris
Martin Blumenson World War II
Convoluted Tale of Dashing 'Preppy Murderer'
William DeLong All That's Interesting
Jackson's Report From Battle of 2nd Manassas
American Battlefield Trust
Inside the First 'Great Moon Hoax'
Sarah Zielinski Smithsonian
Neil Armstrong: A Reluctant Hero of the Past
Gene Seymour CNN
Edsel Failed, But Not Before Stealth Roadtrip
Arthur W. Baum Saturday Evening Post
This Day in History: August 26


©2019 RealClearHistory | Go to full site