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
What Happened to Jerry Lee Lewis' Teen Bride?
Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times
Gibson Was Incredible. And Incredibly Fierce. Here's Why
Jon Caroulis Ballnine
McCool Survived Kamikazes and Saved His Men
Claire Barrett HistoryNet
What Really Happened to the Andrea Gail?
Wyatt Redd All That's Interesting
Allies' Success at Sicily a Game Changer
Flint Whitlock Warfare History Network
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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