RealClearHistory Week of August 23, 2021 Archives

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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


Tuesday, August 24
Before Tanks, Trains Were the Army's Heavy Armor
Alex Hollings Sandboxx
Where Did Vesuvius Eruption Survivors Go?
Laura Geggel Live Science
Valentino Changed Way World Saw Sex, Seduction
Gilbert King Smithsonian
Washington Burning: When Brits Torched the Capitol
Architect of the Capitol
A History of Great Hurricane Destruction
Our Amazing Planet
Do Financial Fraudsters Stay Married?
Peter Truell New York Times
Rome Falls to Visigoths
History and Headlines
Did Failed Murder Try Lead to Religious Massacre in Paris?
New Advent
Pete Rose Will Never Enter Hall of Fame
Jayson Stark ESPN
History of Lost State of Franklin
Matt Gailani Tennessee State Museum


Wednesday, August 25
A Coastwatcher's Diary: Life Behind Enemy Lines
American Heritage
WW I: Germans Massacred Belgium
Sophie de Schaepdrijver British Library
What If the U.S. Did Invade Canada Again?
Mack Lamoureaux Vice
4 Times U.S. Invaded Canada After War of 1812
James Erwin Mental Floss
Life in Paris After Liberation
Douglas MacArthur II ADST
Birch Was a Missionary, Not a Politco
Michael Carey Anchorage Daily News
Unicorns, Man Bats, and Great Moon Hoax
Keith Williams The Conversation
A Look Inside London's Abandoned Mail Rail
James Carson History Hit
These Historic Mysteries Were Anticlimactic
Ian Fortey TopTenz
1776: Civic Education as a Duty and Delight
Paul O. Carrese RealClearPublicAffairs


Thursday, August 26
No Gunpowder Required, But These Weapons Can Kill
History and Headlines
Union Army Fired First Machine Gun
Kelsey Atherton Popular Science
WW II British Blunder in the Balkans
Eric Niderost Warfare History Network
Hitler, Chiang Made Strangest of Bedfellows
Norton Yeung War History Online
Blame Bad Numbers for ICBM Scare
Greg Thielmann Arms Control Association
Did Anyone Really Win Battle of Zorndorf?
Obscure Battles
Washington, Whiskey, and Taxes
Heather Michon The Economic Historian
Just Say No Didn't Stop the Preppy Murderer
Edward Anderson Medium
Whatever Happened to Ronald McDonald?
Karl Smallwood Today I Found Out
5 Worst Political Conventions in History
Rachel Bucchino National Interest


Friday, August 27
Mountbatten Never Considered Himself a Target
The Week
This Loss Helped America Win Revolution
James Barron New York Times
Real Story of Why, How Zulu King Was Captured
BBC History Magazine
Inside Horrendous Way Vick, Pals Killed Dogs
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Danny Rolling: Inside Mind of Serial Killer
Lonnie Robinson Hillsdale Daily News
Unspeakable Murder of Emmett Till
Wright Thompson The Atlantic
Pilot Error Turns Deadly at Air Show
Daniel Dumas Wired
What Does Neutrality During War Really Mean?
Éric Schnakenbourg EHNE
Union Army No Match for Lee at Manassas
Civil War Trust
Watts Made Stones a Little Jazzy
Victor Coelho The Conversation
Monday, August 30
Inside Lee's Second Manasas Strategy
Encyclopedia Virginia
Washington's Rebuff
Joshua Micah Marshall The New Yorker
Did British Try to Assassinate Lenin?
Mike Thomson BBC News
Greed, Gold, and Curse of Lost Incan Gold
World History Encyclopedia
The Strange Gliders of World War II
Paul Huard War Is Boring
Why New Orleans Gets Hit By Hurricanes
Stephen Nelson Tulane University
Gaddafi's Gilded Lives Revealed
Anthony Shadid & Kareem Fahim New York Times
Bergman: Stardom to Scandal and Back
Brenda Cronin Wall Street Journal
Gemini V: America Wins Endurance Record
Astronautix
Truly Bizarre Presidential Facts
Khalid Elhassan History Collection


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