We have been hailing the Civil Rights Era as a grand and universal success for decades. Desegregation is an unquestionable good in the eyes of all good Americans. So, let’s take a
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How and When Did the Cold War Begin? It is commonly accepted that the Cold War began soon after World War II ended, as the capitalist United States (US) and the communist
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When the Germans rolled into Poland with over 40,000 troops, they were expecting little resistance from the Poles. What they got instead was the Polish Thermopylae. The Polish army had been building
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Why Did The Author Write The Book? This book was the result of Pirenne’s final years of research. His son states that Pirenne returned “again and again to his study of the available
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By President Grover Cleveland (July 14, 1886) To the Heads of Departments in the Service of the General Government: I deem this a proper time to especially warn all subordinates in the
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Isaiah 2:1-5 The Mountain of the Lord The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain
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What Is This Book About? Lynn White, Jr. presents the concept that changes in technology caused social change in medieval Europe (Roland, 574). This social change resulted in the rise of feudalism,
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The year 1919 was a pivotal year for Britain and the British Empire. The war had ended in November 1918, and a war-weary nation looked to a period of peace. However, the
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As the Twentieth Century began, the European world began to prepare for a major war, which was commonly expected. Literature from the period fictionalized German invasions of England, and other theoretical combative
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Editor’s Note: This was a speech given by the great patriot, Patrick Henry, on March 23, 1775. It would do modern Americans well to listen to the wisdom of this prophetic oration.
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By Alan Stang Recently, I received a complaint from a now happily departed reader. He took issue with a recent piece in which I recalled the history of our centuries-long conflict with
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