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
Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it
Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804. Peter F. Sugar. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1977. 365 pp. $34.95. ISBN 0-295-96033-7 Peter Sugar presents this volume in the History of East Central
In the Winter of 1861-62, the folks in Memphis were busy building two new Confederate rams, the Tennessee and the Arkansas. In April of ’62, the Arkansas was moved up the Yazoo
Today I wish to discuss an oddity of history and marvel of engineering. She was the largest of her kind, terrifyingly effective and at the same time… outrageously useless. Among the 1,420
Editor’s Note: Though this is primarily a brief historical look at colonial finances, notice the connection between war, growing national debt, and the increase of corporatism, which eventually places undue burdens on
It was the year 1054, and the differences between the eastern half of the Church and the western half of the Church finally boiled over, resulting in what we now call The
After my Keanu Reeves article, it seems that it might be beneficial to give a basic overview of the Strauss-Howe theory of Generations. My earlier article made some assumptions regarding this theory,
While the British were latecomers to colonization, with the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and even French establishing footholds in North America, the British did develop significant trade routes with the New World and
Lawrence James seems to take the standard approach that the Seven Year’s War was a continuation of previous conflicts (p. 66). His claim that the peace achieved at the end of the
Often, if you follow the news, you hear terms thrown around. One of those that commonly comes up is “ordinary Americans.” Pundits and politicians like to use it when they are pretending
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