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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
Matt Whitaker, The Collector
Canada and the Cold War
The Canada Encyclopedia
The Daring Raid of Operation Tomahawk
SOFREP
The Woman Who Changed History With a Forecast
Janice Dean, Fox News
Haiti's History of Long Crises
Martha Teichner, CBS News
The True Story Behind 'The Last Samurai'
Jason Shomer, Collider
The War Tactics of Ants and Humans Compared
C McFadden, Interesting Engineering
The Epic Battle That Began with a Weird Juggling Act
Eli Yudin, Cracked
No, the Cold War Hasn't Ended
Brian Knappenberger, Big Issue
Ancient Traditions to Celebrate the Spring Equinox
Rachel Littlewood, Sky History
The Indus Valley Civilization: An Ancient Utopia?
Neel Burton, Psychology Today
A Docuseries on Giants in the Bible is Coming Out
Jerusalem Post

History Live

Square Where Caesar Was Killed Opening in Rome
Reuters
What Tore Off Head of Massive Ancient Sea Monster?
Hannah Osborne, Live Science
Submersible Exploring Titanic Wreck Disappears
Christine Chung, New York Times
Uruguay to Melt Down, Recast Nazi Bronze Eagle
Agence France-Presse

Book Reviews

Deconstructing U.S. Mistakes in Afghanistan
Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times
The Bomb That Changed Everything
Sean Durns, Washington Examiner
Did Nazis Love Yoga?
Jonathan Jarry, McGill University
Judge Who Sentenced the Rosenbergs
Linda Greenhouse, NY Review of Books

Censorship

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Free Speech is Dead in Europe
Belgium's conviction of Dries Van Langenhove is proof. 
The Cowardice of Guernica
The decision by the editors of the literary magazine Guernica to retract an essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reveals much about how the war is hardening human sentiment.

In the News

Multimedia

Jeff Kosseff: "Hey, Let's Not Rethink the First Amendment"
YouTube Censors The Kennedy Beacon, Sends Us to 'School'
Fired by Harvard for Getting Covid Right

American Civics

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Jack Miller Stepping Down as JMC Chairman
Civics philanthropist Jack Miller has announced he is stepping down as chairman of the board of the...
Public Universities Can Save the Humanities
Last month at City Journal, Allison Schrager wrote a compelling piece about the future of land-grant universities...

In the News

Multimedia

Can SCOTUS Save Us from Ourselves?
Hans Zeiger on Higher Education and Donor Impact
Louise Dube on the Importance of Civics Education

More From Real Clear

George Carlin's '7 Words You Can't Say on TV'
Maradona's 'Hand of God' Goal
Battle of Kosovo and Rise of Ottoman Empire
Johnstown, Penn. Destroyed by Flood

RealClearHistory Saturday

Marine Novelist Comes Home from the Afghan War
Stuart Chittenden, NPR
Presidential Rematches
Howard Tanzman, RealClearHistory
The Firsts of World War I
Sarah Eberspacher & Lauren Hansen, The Week
15 Year Old Hero Helped End World War II
Clare Fitzgerald, War History Online
What is the History of Foreign Interventions in Haiti?
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera
Change to West Point's Mission Statement Sparks Controversy
Military.com
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
Greg Beyer, The Collector
How to Fight a War
Daily Maverick
Brazil’s Alleged Military Takeover Plot
Arthur Cyr, Deseret News
32 Wildly Inaccurate Historical Films
Hugh Scott, Cinema Blend
Breaking Barriers; Fixing Aircraft
Brieana E. Bolfing, Misawa Air Base
The Quest to Capture John Wilkes Booth
Tyler Piccotti, Biography

When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?

Matt Whitaker, The Collector

Canada and the Cold War

The Canada Encyclopedia

The Daring Raid of Operation Tomahawk

SOFREP

The Woman Who Changed History With a Forecast

Janice Dean, Fox News

Haiti's History of Long Crises

Martha Teichner, CBS News

The True Story Behind 'The Last Samurai'

Jason Shomer, Collider

The War Tactics of Ants and Humans Compared

C McFadden, Interesting Engineering

The Epic Battle That Began with a Weird Juggling Act

Eli Yudin, Cracked

No, the Cold War Hasn't Ended

Brian Knappenberger, Big Issue

Ancient Traditions to Celebrate the Spring Equinox

Rachel Littlewood, Sky History

The Indus Valley Civilization: An Ancient Utopia?

Neel Burton, Psychology Today

A Docuseries on Giants in the Bible is Coming Out

Jerusalem Post

History Live

Square Where Caesar Was Killed Opening in Rome

Reuters

History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new... Read More

What Tore Off Head of Massive Ancient Sea Monster?

Hannah Osborne, Live Science

A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have... Read More

Submersible Exploring Titanic Wreck Disappears

Christine Chung, New York Times

A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a... Read More

Uruguay to Melt Down, Recast Nazi Bronze Eagle

Agence France-Presse

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years... Read More

Book Reviews

Deconstructing U.S. Mistakes in Afghanistan

Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times

An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the... Read More

The Bomb That Changed Everything

Sean Durns, Washington Examiner

“Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power,” the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, “and... Read More

Did Nazis Love Yoga?

Jonathan Jarry, McGill University

Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy... Read More

Judge Who Sentenced the Rosenbergs

Linda Greenhouse, NY Review of Books

An acquaintance of mine, a rising star among lawyers who practice before the Supreme Court, asked me what I was reading these days. When I... Read More

Censorship

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

Free Speech is Dead in Europe
Belgium's conviction of Dries Van Langenhove is proof. 
The Cowardice of Guernica
The decision by the editors of the literary magazine Guernica to retract an essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reveals much about how the war is hardening human sentiment.

In the News

Multimedia

Jeff Kosseff: "Hey, Let's Not Rethink the First Amendment"
YouTube Censors The Kennedy Beacon, Sends Us to 'School'
Fired by Harvard for Getting Covid Right

American Civics

Sponsored Curation Powered By:

Essential Reading

Jack Miller Stepping Down as JMC Chairman
Civics philanthropist Jack Miller has announced he is stepping down as chairman of the board of the...
Public Universities Can Save the Humanities
Last month at City Journal, Allison Schrager wrote a compelling piece about the future of land-grant universities...

In the News

Multimedia

Can SCOTUS Save Us from Ourselves?
Hans Zeiger on Higher Education and Donor Impact
Louise Dube on the Importance of Civics Education

More From Real Clear

George Carlin's '7 Words You Can't Say on TV'
Maradona's 'Hand of God' Goal
Battle of Kosovo and Rise of Ottoman Empire
Johnstown, Penn. Destroyed by Flood

RealClearHistory Saturday

Marine Novelist Comes Home from the Afghan War

Stuart Chittenden, NPR

Marine vet John Waters discusses his novel, River City One, and the dislocation felt by combat troops coming home. Waters graduated from the... Read More

Presidential Rematches

Howard Tanzman, RealClearHistory

The Firsts of World War I

Sarah Eberspacher & Lauren Hansen, The Week

15 Year Old Hero Helped End World War II

Clare Fitzgerald, War History Online

What is the History of Foreign Interventions in Haiti?

Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera

Change to West Point's Mission Statement Sparks Controversy

Military.com

Who Were the Wright Brothers?

Greg Beyer, The Collector

How to Fight a War

Daily Maverick

Brazil’s Alleged Military Takeover Plot

Arthur Cyr, Deseret News

32 Wildly Inaccurate Historical Films

Hugh Scott, Cinema Blend

Breaking Barriers; Fixing Aircraft

Brieana E. Bolfing, Misawa Air Base

The Quest to Capture John Wilkes Booth

Tyler Piccotti, Biography

World War II

The 20 Most Important Battles of World War II

David Hambling

World War II was the greatest conflict in history, carried out on a scale almost impossible to grasp. In many ways it was the first modern war, in which airpower played a vital role both on land and at sea, but many actions were ultimately won by the determination and grit of the foot soldier. Here\'s the whole vast panoramic epic of the Second World War presented in 20 of its most significant bat... Read More

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Civil War

How America Forgot the True History of the Civil War

Ryan Cooper

After the clashes and white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, the latest dimension of our unfolding national meltdown is over monuments to the Confederacy. In retaliation for the violence in Charlottesville, demonstrators pulled down a Confederate statue in Durham, several cities in the North quickly yanked theirs down, and several other places are considering the same thing.... Read More

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Crime

Putin’s Latest Deadly Antics: What to Watch

Paul Kengor, Spectator

Speaking of crimes, it’s difficult to find a worst criminal in today’s Russia than Putin, who subscribes to the death recipe of Stalin.... Read More

Crime

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