RealClearHistory Week of January 5, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 5

U.S. Interventions in Latin America Don't Always Go as Planned

Scott Neuman NPR

Dictators the U.S. Has Ousted Throughout History

Giulia Carbonaro Newsweek

The Latest in the History of U.S. Intervention in Latin America

Ayesha Rascoe NPR

When the Mob Teamed Up With the Navy to Get Mussolini

Daniel Tobias Flint WATM

Locating Altmark: An RAF Rescue Mission Beyond Compare

Eric Niderost WHN

When Benjamin Franklin Tried to Annex Canada

Gavin Ramnauth National Post

The Only Direct Combat Between U.S. and Soviet Forces

Allen Frazier Military.com

Scores Killed in Swiss Blaze – Worst Bar Fires in History

Jasmine Laws Newsweek

Canada and the US: A Tangled History

Tony McCulloch History Today

Why Is Marie Antoinette So Popular? The French Queen Still Sells

Staff The Star

First Fossil Evidence of Homo Erectus Returns Home

Dyna Rochmyaningsih NatGeo

Ancient Teeth Change the Story of Human History

Darren Orf Popular Mechanics

Horror of Life on Roman Frontier Revealed in Study

Staff ScienceAlert

The Surprising History of January

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, January 7

A ‘Dead’ Doctrine’s Revival for Current Operations

Claire Barrett Military Times

Trump’s Imperialism Recalls U.S.-Led Regime Change

Zachary B. Wolf CNN

How the US Captured Manuel Noriega in 1989

Dave Roos HISTORY

The Rise and Fall of the US Army Camel Corps

Natalie Koch History Today

How the 1973 Oil Crisis Forced Nixon to Rethink Time

Greg McKevitt BBC

The Military Moment That Defined George Washington

David L. Preston Smithsonian

WWII's Iconic Machines of War

Simeon Netchev World History Encyclopedia

A Bloody Repulse at Bull Run

Joshua Shepherd Warfare History Network

The Korean Battle for Outpost Vegas

Allen Frazier Military.com

Who Owns Greenland? It's Surprisingly Complicated

James Osborne HistoryExtra

The Great Society’s Entitlements Bomb

Christopher DeMuth The Coolidge Review

A New Way of Warfare Requires More Than New Tech

Nick Carter War on the Rocks

Edmund Burke’s Wisdom for Archivists

Jonathan Lawler Heterodoxy in the Stacks

The Mysterious Man Who Claimed To Be Antoinette’s Son

Erin Zaleski NatGeo

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, January 9

5 Times the US Invoked the Monroe Doctrine

Dave Roos HISTORY

How the CIA Defeated the Soviets During the Cold War

Staff The Times of India

How the Army Covered Up the Biscari Massacre

Allen Frazier Military.com

How Did a Single Road Save Verdun From Falling in WWI?

Mark Cartwright WHE

How Aldrich Ames Became America's Most Damaging Spy

Myles Burke BBC

How a 1617 Storm Sparked Deadly Witchcraft Trials

Asia Palomba Smithsonian

The Great Society’s Entitlements Bomb

Christopher DeMuth The Coolidge Review

More Than 1,800 Congressmen Once Enslaved Black People

Staff WaPo

A New Anti-Political Fervor

Anton Cebalo NOEMA

The Lost Movies of Golden Age Hollywood

Alexander Lee History Today

From Woodstock to WWII, Oral Histories Capture Past

Jon Marcus The Boston Globe

Step Inside a Roman Home. You'll Be Surprised

Serafina Kenny HistoryExtra

How a Trove of Ceramics Ushered in a New Era of Archaeology

Brian Kevin NatGeo

Historic Artifacts Found Under French Quarter

Stephanie Riegel Jerusalem Post

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News