military history

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  9/19/19
  

  Ending the Afghan War Won’t End the Killing

  by Stephanie Savell

  Since 2015, casualties from explosive remnants of war and abandoned IEDs have been rising rapidly.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonianmag.com
  9/10/11
  

  Hurricane Dorian Unearths Civil War Cannonballs at South Carolina Beach

  At first, the couple who discovered the pair of cannonballs thought they’d simply stumbled upon a rock.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  9/8/19
  

  The Living Literature of War

  by Nick Turse

  All-too-human stories can be “written” on our bodies as well as documents. 

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• 9/1/19
  

  Sparta and the Collapse of Greece

  by Jennifer T. Roberts

  Why the Peloponnesian War went on longer than is commonly thought. 

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• SOURCE: Hyperallergic
  8/24/19
  

  Horace Pippin: From War to Peace Exhibit Showcases American History Through the Art of a Black WWI Soldier

  Horace Pippin was a self-taught artist out of necessity, as the society in which he lived had shut most of its doors on him.

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• 8/25/19
  

  World War II – the first great ‘food war’

  by Julian Cribb

  It is an oft-overlooked fact of history that World War II was originally fought chiefly over food and the means to produce it.

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• 8/25/19
  

  Israel’s 2007 Decision to Attack a Syrian Nuclear Facility is History and Warning

  by Edwin Black

  When reading Katz’s book, we are reminded that as complex and difficult as the Syrian strike was, any similar action on Iran’s nuclear capability would be infinitely more daunting and riskier. 

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• 8/25/19
  

  The Short War Illusion

  by Cathal J. Nolan

  Generals may win battles but they hardly ever win wars, for there really is no such thing as genius in modern war.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  8/15/19
  

  The Forgotten Story of Operation Anvil

  by Cameron Zinsou

  In August 1944, the United States executed a gigantic assault on southern France. Why does no one remember it?

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  8/16/19
  

  Brenda Wineapple Reviews WOMEN’S WAR: FIGHTING AND SURVIVING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 
by Stephanie McCurry

  Who wrote women out of Civil War history?

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• 8/18/19
  

  The Civil War and the Black West

  by William Loren Katz

  The integral role people of color played in winning the Civil War. 

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• 8/18/19
  

  “This letter is the last that I write to you:" The Courage of Youth Resisters in World War 2 France

  by Ronald C. Rosbottom

  Young people's impatience, their perceptive view of a better tomorrow, their faith in the power of solidarity, and their energetic fearlessness reminds us adults that change is possible. 

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• 8/11/19
  

  The Greatest Generals Across Generations

  by Benjamin Runkle

  The Greatest Generation’s generals’ triumphs were anything but predetermined, and required a series of accidents and twists of fate to bring them to the point where their innate courage, intelligence, and determination could be decisive.

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• 8/18/19
  

  Many Historians Got It Wrong on Obama's Foreign Policy

  by Jeremy Kuzmarov

  Many historians appear to have been so mesmerized by Obama’s charisma and progressive domestic policies that they cannot properly criticize the foreign policy of Obama.

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• 8/4/19
  

  “Mr. Straight Arrow,” John Hersey, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb

  by D. M. Giangreco

  What recent histories getsright--and wrong--about Harry S. Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. 

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• SOURCE: The New York Times Magazine
  7/31/2019
  

  The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves

  The Army didn’t want the flood of veterans returning home to become a disruptive presence or a financial burden on society.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/19/19
  

  A Group of German Leaders Tried to Kill Hitler in 1944. Here’s Why They Failed

  by Albinko Hasic

  For a brief moment in history, Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators thought they had succeeded in turning the tide of World War II and potentially saving thousands of additional lives. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  75 Years After World War II Theft, a Painting Returns to Italy

  75 years after a German soldier made off with it, the small “Vase of Flowers” by Jan van Huysum returned. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  7/19/19
  

  U.S. Ship Sunk in World War II by German Sub Is Found Off Maine Coast

  The U.S.S. Eagle PE-56, which lost 49 of 62 crew members, was located by a civilian dive team.

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• 7/28/19
  

  Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates: How About Raising the Issue of How to Avert Nuclear War?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  That question might seem overwrought but, in fact, the U.S. government and others are increasing the role that nuclear weapons play in their “national security” policies.