RealClearHistory Week of January 13, 2025 Archives

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Monday, January 13

The Origins of Our National Transport System

Gilbert T. Sewall RealClearHistory

When Did Humans Start Drinking Alcohol?

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

When Militia Joined Pirates To Defeat the British

Sonja Anderson Smithsonian Mag

See Inside a Captured WWII U-boat

Lauren Frias Business Insider

US Soldiers Returning to Vietnam in Search of Mass Graves

Nick Hilden Al Jazeera

How Walt Disney's Characters Inspired Troops in WWII

Stephen Ruiz Military.com

Royal Treasures Hidden Since WWII Recovered From Cathedral

Jack Guy CNN

Chinese Espionage, Cuba, and the Panama Canal

Miguel A. Faria RealClearHistory

The Words that Shaped America

Liberty Nation Authors Liberty Nation News

History’s Long Line of Suitors Coveting Greenland

Jamie Dettmer POLITICO

A Look at the Deadliest US Wildfires in Modern History

Staff FOX Weather

The Cultural Impact of Notre Dame Football

Hunter M. Hampton Time

History Shows US Could Make Canada a Territory

Robert Huish The Conversation

Dinosaur Discovery in North America is Rewriting Their History

Eric Ralls Earth.com

America’s Shifting Treatment of Senior Citizens

Dwight Garner NY Times

Wednesday, January 15

As Living Memory of WWII Fades, Lessons Are Forgotten

Paul Poast WPR

How Exactly Did the American Civil War Start?

Sally Lee Columbia Magazine

Why President Ford Decided Not To Play in the NFL

Blake Stilwell Military.com

The Insane Attempt To Circle the Globe in a Canoe

Sonja Anderson Smithsonian Mag

Greenland’s History and Lessons for the EU Economy

T. Moller-Nielsen Euractiv

The Gulf of Mexico’s Long History of Colonization

Petula Dvorak WaPo

The Great Fire of 1910 Changed How the US Fought Wildfires

Dave Roos History

The [Lost] Art of the Deal

John F. Harnes History Rinse & Repeat

The Rebecca Riots: Why Did Wales Rise Up?

Rhian E. Jones Historytoday

The Blueprint for Winning the Race for Critical Minerals

Duncan Money Time

10 Cool Gold Rushes They Don't Teach in History Class

Jamie Frater Listverse.com

Top Wealth Shares in the Long Run of History (ca. 1300-today)

Guido Alfani Vox EU

How Friars Changed the Art of the Renaissance

Daniel Larkin Hyperallergic

Ancient Roman Mosaic Floor Unearthed in Turkey

Nathan Falde Ancient-origins

Remembering Things Past

Francis J. Gavin Texas National Security Review

Friday, January 17

Explore the History of Earth With This Interactive Map

Ellen Gutoskey Mental Floss

The Naval Radio Beacons of Imperial Japan

Hans Johnson RealClearHistory

History Has the Key to Success for Musk & Ramaswamy

Bruce W. Dearstyne Time

The Constitution is Anything But Eternal

Russell Riley WaPo

Pete Hegseth’s Doctrine of Christian Warfighting

Miles Smith Providencemag

Opinion: Not Our Democracy, But Our Constitution

William J. Watkins RealClearHistory

The History of American Expansion & Trump’s Threats

Tim Murphy Mother Jones

20 Fast Food Chains that Faded into History

Alex Barrientos MSN

When the Die was Cast for the American Revolution

Joseph J. Ellis American Heritage

Explore the Battles of the Italian Wars

Nono Umasy HistoryMaps

Why is the Stanford Prison Experiment Still Influential?

Gina Perry The Conversation

Hopes, Fears, and Early Modern Astrology

Michelle Aroney Historytoday

How Firefighting Has Evolved

Kieran Mulvaney HISTORY

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

Cindi Leive The New York Times

Tomb of an Egyptian Queen Dug Up

Tim Newcomb Popular Mechanics