RealClearHistory Week of August 16, 2021 Archives

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Monday, August 16
What Was the Point of the War in Afghanistan?
Daniel Ray The Spectator
9 Wars Other Than Afghanistan the U.S. Didn't Win
World Atlas
Tales and Legacy of 'Swamp Fox'
Christopher Miskimon Warfare History Network
U.S. Nearly Had Hypersonic Aircraft
Alex Hollings Sandboxx
When Kamikaze Saved Japan
April Holloway Ancient Origins
Woodstock: How It Came Together
Elliot Tiber Times Herald-Record
Ford and Edison Changed World, Each Other
Asad Badruddin Medium
Klondike Gold Rush Had a Dark Side
Alaska Web
Subcontinent's French Connection
Matt Gross New York Times
Bits of Tenochtitlan Still Part of Mexico City
Maria Verza Associated Press


Tuesday, August 17
Patton's 'Win' at Messina Cost Him Dearly
Eric Ethier History Net
East Germany's Best Spy Was an American
Jurgen Dahlkamp Spiegel
5 Biggest Disasters in American Military History
Robert Farley National Interest
Idiots Hastened Soviet Union's Fall
Mikhail Gorbachev Der Spiegel
True Story of Shakespeare's MacBeth
Historic UK
How Drudge's Scoop Changed Journalism
Gregg Russell CNN
Orwell's Ideas Are Still in Fashion
Mark Satta The Conversation
Pakistan Leader's Mysterious Death
Edward Jay Epstein Vanity Fair
Usain Bolt Is Just a Freak
Luke Dittrich Esquire
Pitcher Who Killed Chapman Remorseless
John Wood Waco Tribune-Herald


Wednesday, August 18
These Russians Scared Nazis
Georgy Manaev Russia Beyond the Headlines
Machetes, M-1s, and Horror of Guadalcanal
David Venditta The Morning Call
Life in DDR Was No Paradise
Sarah Roller History Hit
Failed Raids Set Stage for Union in Atlanta
Curt Yeomans Clayton News-Daily
Why Dieppe Raid Failed Miserably
Julian Thompson BBC News
August: The Cruellest Month for Russia
Julia Ioffe New Yorker
Trump vs. Obama: Whose Legacy Will Last?
Matthew Rozsa Salon
Eddie Gaedel: Short on Stature, Long on Memory
Darren Rovell ESPN
James Wilson Institute Teaches Moral Basis of Law
Mike Sabo RealClearWire
Next World Battleground: Deep-Sea Floor
Joseph Micallef RealClearHistory


Thursday, August 19
Japan Had Its Own Version of Auschwitz
Unit731.org
Debunking Texas Rangers-as-Do-Gooders Myth
Mark Hill Cracked
Why Did Europeans Hide Shoes in Walls?
Kurt Readman Historic Mysteries
Red Storm Engulfs Romania
Pat McTaggart Military Photos
When U.S., U.K. Partnered to Help Iran
History and Headlines
The Rise of Soviet Secret Police
John Simkin Spartacus Educational
Poe's Biggest Mystery His Own Death
Allison McNearney Yahoo
North Korea's Brazen Axe Murder at DMZ
Richard Mobley Global Security
Spears, Early 20th-Century Tribes Share This
Andrea Selelstad The Conversation
Inside America's Love Affair With Pickup Trucks
Jeff MacGregor Smithsonian


Friday, August 20
Was Quantrill's Raid Unexpected?
Burton J. Williams Kansas Historical Society
Elaborate Plan Ends in Ice Pick to the Neck
Richard Cavendish History Today
Toupee, Shotguns, and an L.A. Murder
Dominick Dunne Vanity Fair
The Tragic Failure of Prague Spring
Jan Puhl Der Spiegel
Prague Spring Chaos, Confusion in Photos
Robert Tait The Guardian
USSR's Collapse Was a Morality Play
Leon Aron Foreign Policy
Top 10 Most Stunning Art Thefts
Harriet Williams Huffington Post
A Look Inside Michael Phelps' Legendary Olympics
Scroll.in
Where Are America's Original Football Teams?
America's Best History
History Education Our Kids Deserve
Kathleen O'Toole RealClearPublicAffairs
Monday, August 23
U.S. 'Ghost Army' Skilled at Deception
Michael Abatemarco Santa Fe New Mexican
Secrets to AK Assault Rifle's Longevity
Nikolai Litovkin Russia Beyond the Headlines
Hot Weather an Empire Killer
Veronique Greenwood Time
When a Citroen Saved Charles de Gaulle's Life
VOI
What Could Wrong for French Did on This WW I Day
Alexandria Sage Reuters
Sly Greeks Outsmart Persian Navy
Kennedy Hickman ThoughtCo.com
When Evil Tyrants Make a Deal
Timothy Snyder The Guardian
Petraeus: Don't Blame Afghanis, Blame U.S.
Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker
The Crisis That Shaped U.S.'s Taiwan Policy
Global Security
Here's What Really Happened at Ruby Ridge
Kirk Siegler NPR


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