RealClearHistory Week of October 24, 2022 Archives

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Monday, October 24

According to Patton, This Is the Best Rifle Ever

Paul Richard Huard War Is Boring

Was the Thirty Years War Worth It?

Ancient Origins

Italy Calls This Most Devastating Military Defeat

Vanda Wilcox History Today

How Caesar's Murder Led to Brutus' Suicide

Tristan Hughes History Hit

Walt Disney's Long Ties to FBI

Herbert Mitgang New York Times

Beirut Barracks' Bombing

Blake Stillwell Military .com

America Lost Its Cultural Perspective on the Highway

University of Vermont

Anatomy of How an Athlete Dopes

Tim Carmody The Verge

Joe Carter's Winning Blast Off 'Wild Thing'

Rick Weinberg ESPN

Tuesday, October 25

Devastating Day Caused Allies to Rethink Air War

Brian Todd Carey HistoryNet

These Were the Scariest Military Units Ever

Todd Neikirk War History Online

How French Remember -- or Don't -- Agincourt

Robert McCrum The Guardian

Famed Light Brigade a Good Poem From Failed Battle

Aubrey Gulick Substack

How President Reagan Saved Grenada

BBC

Blowing Lid Off Teapot Dome Scandal

Leslie Bennett Brookings Institution

Red Sox Choked, Not Just Buckner

& Dan Shaughnessy Boston Globe

Marshall Not Only One to Run Wrong Way in NFL Game

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Warren Harding and a Bully Speech

Elliott Drago Editorial Officer Jack Miller Center

Wednesday, October 26

Japanese Bombers Relentless in Hornet Attack

National World War II Museum

Complicated Psyche of Japan's Kamikaze Strategy

Berthold Seewald Ozy

Lost in History, Battle of Leyte Gulf Was End of an Era

Robert Farley The Diplomat

Debunking Myths About Shootout at OK Corral

Tracy Mumford MPR News

Truth About 'Bloody Bill' Better Than Fiction

Paul R. Peterson Legends of America

Patriot Act Defies Founding Fathers

Patrick Eddington Cato Institute

Sad, Shocking Story of Susan Smith

Murderpedia

Il Duce' Mythical 'March on Rome'

David Willey BBC News

What Ben Franklin Took on Cruises

John Smith Journal of the American Revolution

Thursday, October 27

Before Sword and Gun, Battle Ax Reigned

William McPeak Warfare History Network

Meet the First King to Rule Over All of England

English Monarchs

Belgrade Phantom: A Porsche to Beat Oppression?

Joseph Green Historic Mysteries

Coke, Viagra, and Other Stuff Invented by Mistake

Robert Hume History Extra

Treaty Allowed America to Focus on Growth

Raymond Young Duke University Press

Turns Out Soviets Didn't Need Sonar to Snoop

David Hambling Popular Mechanics

Unwinding the Curse of the Bambino

Anthony Castrovince MLB.com

New York Enters Age of Subway

John Hetrick The Independent

Who Started the Idea of the Wicked Stepmother?

Joanna Thompson Live Science

Friday, October 28

Some Very Odd Things Medieval People Thought Were True

Ian Fortey TopTenz

Queen's Favorite Crossed a King and Ended Up Dead

Kim O'Connell Mental Floss

Standoff Wishful Thinking by Khrushchev?

David Marples The Moscow Times

Pax Britannica Was Good for Civilization

Samuel Chi Historiat

History of Harvard May Not Be What You Think It Is

DOZR

Kidnapping, Killing in the Name of Population Control

Emily Feng NPR

Clowns Weren't Always Creepy

Madeline Steiner The Conversation

'Rumble in the Jungle' Exposed Ali's Bravery

Paul Campbell The Guardian

M-4 Sherman Tank Was a Death Trap

Paul Huard Medium

Monday, October 31

McCool Survived Kamikazes and Saved His Men

Claire Barrett HistoryNet

Allies' Success at Sicily a Game Changer

Flint Whitlock Warfare History Network

What Happened to Jerry Lee Lewis' Teen Bride?

Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times

What Really Happened to the Andrea Gail?

Wyatt Redd All That's Interesting

Gibson Was Incredible. And Incredibly Fierce. Here's Why

Jon Caroulis Ballnine

Like Magician Himself, Houdini's Death Not What It Seemed

Snopes

How Singapore 006 Crashed Without Leaving Ground

Tailstrike

Germany Bests Britain on High Seas

Michael Duffy First World War

Halloween Isn't Only Festival That Honors the Dead

Jason Woods Heifer

Let's Make October 'Think Outside Your Tribe' Month

Cannon & DesRosiers RCF

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