RealClearHistory Week of March 24, 2025 Archives

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Monday, March 24

The 'Unkillable' WWI Soldier

Stephen Ruiz Military.com

SEALs: the Birth of the Navy's Special Forces

Bud Hyland Warfare History Network

How the My Lai Massacre Unfolded During the Vietnam War

Staff Firstpost

Prisoner at War — The Death of an American Hero

William J. Luti American Spectator

250th Anniversary Celebrations Have Begun

Michael Auslin THE PATOWMACK PACKET

Discover Patrick Henry’s Legacy

Cassandra Good Smithsonian Mag

Did Henry Really Say ‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death’?

Gregory S. Schneider WaPo

Civics Worthy of America’s 250th Birthday

Michael Weiser RealClearEducation

How Sports Betting Took Over March Madness

Jonathan D. Cohen Time

How Music Saved the Life of a Cellist in Auschwitz

Greg McKevitt BBC

What Killed Kennedy?

Hazem Kandil Historytoday

The History of Refugee Settlement in America

Tazreena Sajjad The Conversation

Learning from Eisenhower’s “Middle Way”

Steven Wagner American Heritage

Can the Military Boost Economic Growth?

Simon Maass Providence Mag

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, March 26

Man Behind Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’

Paul Kengor Spectator

All About the American Long Rifle

David Alan Johnson Warfare History Network

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Mark Cartwright World History Encyclopedia

The P-51 Mustang and the Winning of the WWII Air War

Claire Barrett Military Times

Britain's Most Valuable Cold War Spy Dies at 86

Jill Lawless Military.com

Nixon Cut a Secret Deal to Cement U.S. Economic Power

Edward Fishman Politico

Bloody Mary and the Missing Heir

Alexander Lee Historytoday

The Sad Tale of Heaven's Gate Cult

Nathan Chandler & Yara Simón HowStuffWorks

The Rocky 1960s Origins of Online Dating

Aine Quinn BBC

How Cherry Blossoms Came to the United States

Daniel Stone NatGeo

Trump is Upending Our Approach to Veterans' Care

Moyra Williams Eaton Time

The True Story of Brainwashing in America

Lorraine Boissoneault Smithsonian Mag

When Did Humans First Get Tattoos?

Jesse Greenspan HISTORY

A Brief History of the Vikings

Staff HistoryExtra

Europe’s Oldest Human Face Discovered

María Martinón-Torres The Conversation

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, March 28

How America Won, then Lost, The Vietnam War

William J. Luti RealClearHistory

Ronald Reagan, Star Wars and Strategic Defense

Peter Kramer Historytoday

This Native Government Helped Inspire the Constitution

Becky Little HISTORY

A Short History of the Separation of Powers

Vittorio Bufacchi The Conversation

The "Jewel of the Delta” & the Upside of Free Speech

David Beito RealClearHistory

The 1811 German Coast Slave Uprising

Joshua J. Mark World History Encyclopedia

The Scrappy Law Firm that Defended Government Enemies

Clay Risen Politico

JFK Files Revive an Old Conspiracy Theories

John Hanna Military.com

The History of Categorizing Immigrants as Good or Bad

Hidetaka Hirota Time

How Irish Pubs Became one Ireland's Exports

Liza Weisstuch Smithsonian Mag

Was this the Biggest Tank Battle in History?

Julian Humphrys HistoryExtra

All About the Medieval Catapult

Robert Heege Warfare History Network

These Extreme Stunts Have Religious Significance

Puja Changoiwala NatGeo

Ancient Statues Often Smelled like Roses, a New Study Says

James Doubek NPR

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News