RealClearHistory Week of March 2, 2026 Archives

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Monday, March 2

History Shows Regime Change in Iran Could be Very Hard

Tim Sullivan AP News

The War on Iran Picks Up Where Longstanding Enmity Left Off

Robert Tait Guardian

How the Yankees Turned the World Upside Down

Richard Bell American Heritage

When The French and Indian War Went International

Keli Holt Just Enough History

Operation Bribie: One of Vietnam's Deadliest Battles

Allen Frazier Military.com

The Pen & the Sword: A Brief History of War Correspondents

Roy Morris Jr. WHN

The Mystery of the Missing Depression

John E. Moser The Coolidge Review

Once a Symbol of Resistance, the Asafo Flag is Flying Again

Charlene Prempeh FT

Ancient ‘Hobbits’ Existed – Some Say They Still Do

Jack Tamisiea HISTORY

What Henry Knox's Book Collection Tells Us About War

Chris Burrell GBH

How Important Was the Norman Conquest, Really?

Staff History Today

Patterns on Mammoth Tusks Help Retell History of Writing

Georgina Rannard BBC

The Scandal That Engulfed the Charlotte Brontë's Death

Graham Watson NatGeo

12 Maps of World War II

Simeon Netchev WHE

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Remembering Henry Ford

J. Eric Wise Chronicles

Wednesday, March 4

A Timeline of the Buildup to the U.S. Attack on Iran

Staff The War Horse

7 Key Points in U.S.-Iran Relations Since 1953

Joe Hernandez NPR

Opinion: Iran Has Been at War with America for Decades

Aviva Klompas USA Today

A Timeline of U.S. and Iran Relations, From Allies to Enemies

James T. Areddy WSJ

Why is it Called the Middle East?

Roshni Chakrabarty India Today

How Military Accidentally Killed Thousands of Sheep

Allen Frazier Military.com

Black Soldiers and the American Revolution

Kevin Seabrooke Warfare History Network

The Capitol’s Reminder of Our Lawgiving Ancestors

Steele Brand RealClearHistory

The Mystery of the Missing Depression

John E. Moser The Coolidge Review

The Tormented Life of Henry VII

David Crane The Spectator

How Athens’s Ancient History Hides in Plain Sight

Rebecca Hall The Independent

How Silver Amulet Rewrote the History of Christianity

Staff Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists Opened a Tomb to Make a Stunning Discovery

Emily Carter IDR

Using AI to Decode an Ancient Roman Game Board

Sonja Anderson Smithsonian

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, March 6

How Does the US Officially Declare War?

Dave Roos HISTORY

Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Revolutionary” Governor

Andrew Fowler RealClearHistory

Churchill's Alternate Plan to Punish the Nazis

James Osborne History Extra

The Last Great Airborne Operation of WWII

Allen Frazier Military.com

Operation Jupiter: The Fight for the Key to Normandy

Jon Latimer WHN

Britain's Role: Regime Change in Iran

Daniel Lomas History Today

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Has a Message for Today

Tyler O'Neil Daily Signal

The Mystery of the Missing Depression

John E. Moser The Coolidge Review

The "Vampire Women" of the 1910s

A. H. Childs History Rinse & Repeat

This Deadly Crusade Was the Downfall of Constantinople

David Porrinas NatGeo

What a 2,850-Year-Old Mass Grave Reveals About Violence

Staff The Conversation

The First Multinational Empire in the World

Joshua J. Mark World History Encyclopedia

India: the Piece that Didn’t Fit in Britain's Plan

Jens Norrby Isonomia Quarterly

Memory, History and America’s Birthday

Wilfred M. McClay AMERICAN HERITAGE

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News