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
Seems a bit early to be writing this, but the fact is the history is already written. The nails are in the coffin. It’s already happened. The US is down 34 to 10, and there are only 2 minutes to
Two decades before America’s ordeal in Vietnam, the Netherlands waged its own doomed Southeast Asian war in the vast archipelago of the Dutch East Indies. This conflict, the Indonesian War of Independence,
(Continued from Part IV) Part V – Botching the Skeer The pursuit began a day later, led by General Curtis, and initially moved quickly enough thereafter that the federal supply trains could
(Continued from Part III) Part IV – Turning Point Because of its high and heavily-wooded western bank, the Big Blue was fordable in only three places along the six mile front taken
(Continued from Part II) Part III – Retreat to the Big Blue Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt wasn’t supposed to fight at the Little Blue. Concerned about breaking down his best regiments,
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Discoverers and Explorers of America, by Charles L. Johnston (published 1917). All spelling in the original. Once there lived in the island of Porto
(Continued from Part I) Part II – Retreat to the Little Blue By mid 1864, many in the Confederate States of America were searching for a political door out of the Civil
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands, compiled by Alexander MacKenzie (published 1878). All spelling in the original. The ancient Chapel of Cilliechriost, in the
Part I – The Flawed Fifteenth “QUANTRELL has at least 1,000 men near the Kansas line.” Thus did the New York Times encapsulate both the fear and rage of Kansans in the
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Deeds That Won the Empire, by W. H. Fitchett (published 1897). All spelling in the original. “Let us think of them that sleep Full many
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from The World’s Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents, by George Barton (published 1917). That brilliant writer, Gilbert Chesterton, in one of his paradoxical essays
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