RealClearHistory Week of May 19, 2025 Archives

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Monday, May 19

To Field an Army: A Short History of the Draft

Mike Haskew Warfare History Network

Military Revolutions in History

Antonio Salinas & Jason P. Levay War on the Rocks

How Iran-Contra Scandal Impacts American Politics Today

Alan McPherson Time

The Historical Geopolitics of Middle Powers

Eamonn Bellin Providence Mag

President James Monroe: Political Historian

Patrick Hastings The Library of Congress

7 Myths of the American West, Debunked

Dave Lauterborn HISTORY

Treasures From King Tut’s Tomb Arrive at Egyptian Museum

Sarah Cascone ArtNet

Harvard's 'Copy' of Magna Carta is Believed to be an Original

Stephen Castle NYT

The Slave Who Became a Boy to Escape

Joshua J. Mark World History Encyclopedia

A History of Blue Jeans

Paul Lenz Histories

Smuggling Under the Cover of Plague

Dabeoc Stanley Historytoday

Artificial Limbs Date Back to Ancient Egypt

Heidi Hausse Smithsonian Mag

10,000 People Wait to Scavenge the Thames

Simon Roberts & Elizabeth Brown NatGeo

37 Remarkable Photos That Aren't in Textbooks

Viktorija Strelciunaite AOL

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, May 21

The Forgotten Story of France’s Greatest War Hero

Anthony Peregrine Telegraph

11 Significant WWII Battles

Staff HistoryExtra

J.E.B. Stuart's Charge at Gettysburg

Cowan Brew Warfare History Network

The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades

Roger Crowley Historytoday

The New York Region that Changed History 250 Years Ago

Robin Catalano BBC

Mike Waltz Fell Into an Age-Old Trap in Political History

Joshua Zeitz Politico

Lincoln's Habeas Corpus Precedent

Gary Schmitt Law & Liberty

The Playwright of the French Revolution

Miguel A. Faria RealClearHistory

The Only X-Rated Winner of the Best-Picture Oscar

Myles Burke BBC

A History of Submarines

Paul Lenz Histories

Report Exposes the Painful History of International Adoption

Arissa H. Oh Time

What's the World's Oldest Language?

Elizabeth Yuko HISTORY

All About the Roman Businesswoman

Laura K.C. McCormack World History Encyclopedia

Researchers Decipher Title of Ancient Scroll

Ellen Wexler Smithsonian Mag

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, May 23

The Opening Battle of World War II

Peter Zablocki Warfare History Network

8 Sons at War: Untold Story of a WWII Sacrifice

James M. Bushee The Boston Globe

Ireland's Little-Known 1798 Rebellion

Joseph Patrick Kelly The Conversation

Why Did Ruby Kill Oswald?

Burt W. Griffin AMERICAN HERITAGE

How the Chestnut Traced Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Sophie Hardach BBC

How Did this Man Prevent Nuclear Armageddon?

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Biggest Plunder in Art History

Nora Gietz Historytoday

The Jade Burial Suits of the Han Dynasty

Chiara Visconti NatGeo

5 Ways Missionaries Shaped the American West

Becky Little HISTORY

From Greece to Rome, the 5 Pillars of Architectural Design

Simeon Netchev WHE

Culture Wars and the Library of Congress

Rebecca Brenner Graham Politico

After 150 Years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘Madness’ Still Haunts

Peter Hancock Daily Herald

Stone Circle Reveals Ancient Man's ‘Adventure Story’

Vishwam Sankaran Independent

The History of Government Influence Over Universities

Jeffrey Rosario Time

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News