On ancient battlefields formerly dominated by heavily armed, well-protected hoplites, a once scorned class of fighting man changed the face ...
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Obama also fought with the lack of his dad, who he watched just once again following his parents divorced, even when Obama Sr. seen Hawaii for a short period in 1971. " had abandoned heaven, and so my mother or grand parents explained might obviate that single, unassailable fact," he later revealed. "they mightn't clarify what it would have been like had he remained." Ten decades after, in 1981, catastrophe struck Obama Sr. if he lost both of his thighs at a severe automobile crash. Confined to a wheel chair, he lost his task.
Back in 1982, Obama Sr. was included with still another auto crash when vacationing at Nairobi. Obama Sr. expired on November 2-4, 1982, when Obama had been 21 yrs of age. "In the time of the passing, my dad remained a myth if you ask me personally," Obama after wrote, "both more and less than a guy." As a young child, Obama didn't need a romance with his dad. After his son was still a baby, Obama Sr. proceeded to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University and also pursue a Ph.D.. The parents of Obama divorced in in which his son had been 2 and officially separated. Right afterwards, Obama Sr. returned into Kenya. 6 months after, Barack was created. Obama studied at Occidental College. Then he moved to Columbia University at nyc, graduating with a degree in political science in 1983. Obama transferred to Chicago after employed in the industry industry for a couple of decades. Additionally, he also worked at also the Altgeld Gardens communities and the Roseland about the Southside as a neighborhood organizer for citizens. From Indonesia, Dunham wed LO-LO Soetoro back in 1965. The family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where Maya Soetoro Ng, Obama's halfsister, had been created in 1970. Incidents in Indonesia abandoned Dunham fearful for education and her child's security so Obama was shipped back to live with his grand parents. Halfsister along with his mum later combined them.
He met with their discussion Tribe and law professor Laurence Tribe, that whenever Obama asked to join his team '' the professor agreed. "the greater he'd in Harvard Law School and the longer he impressed people, the more obvious it had been that he may have had any such thing, said Professor Tribe at a 2012 interview using front-line, "however it had been clear that he wished to really make a huge difference for people, to communities." It was that and that Obama joined the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin he met with a lawyer who has been delegated for his own advisor, Michelle Robinson. Shortly afterwards, the couple began communicating. Back in February 1990, Obama has been chosen the first African American editor of this Harvard Law Review. He also graduated magna cum laude from 1991 from Harvard Law.
Instruction He helped organize voter registration drives -- also also taught law at the University of Chicago Law School between 1992 and 2004 as a lecturer and as a professor. Law Career He cried in basketball and graduated from 1979 with honors while Obama registered in the Punahou Academy. As one of just three students at the faculty, Obama became what it's designed to be African American and alert to racism. He explained how he fought to get back together societal perceptions of his multi racial legacy with their or her own awareness of self: "I detected that there is nothing similar to me personally at the Sears, Roebuck xmas catalogue...and that Santa was a white man," he also wrote. "I moved in to the toilet and stood in the front of the mirror together with all of my perceptions and limbs apparently undamaged, appearing because I'd always appeared and wondered whether something had been wrong with me personally."
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Daily Quiz for March 1, 2018
The Chevy Corvette sports car was named after this. The post Daily Quiz for March 1, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNet . from HistoryNe...
MHQ Book Review: Tonight We Die as Men
Tonight We Die as Men: The Untold Story of the Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day By Ian Gardner and Roger...
Tank Versus Panzer
The first tank battle signaled the beginning of a new era of modern warfare centered on firepower, protection, and mobility. Dense fog shrou...
Taking a King’s Crown
Parliament’s modern army faces off against the Royalists at Naseby in 1645. The English summer of 1645 had been unusually wet, but on June 1...
The War-Torn History of the Bayeux Tapestry
A timeless tale of William the Conqueror’s Norman invasion of England, in colored yarn. Associated with such bellicose figures as William th...
Getting Away With Murder
Lost in the political scheming and gamesmanship that characterized the Union’s war in the West was the cold-blooded killing of one Union gen...
Steuben Comes to America
A Prussian captain’s discipline and vast military experience have had a lasting influence on the army of the United States. On February 24, ...
Dead on Arrival
While Hitler concluded that the airborne invasion of Crete was far too costly, it spurred the U.S. Army to create an entire American parachu...
A ‘Band of Demons’ Fights for Texas
Using a brilliant artillery tactic, Zachary Taylor drove the Mexicans into the Rio Grande in the opening battles of the Mexican-American War...
What We Think About When We Think About Waterloo
A British military historian views the epic battle through the prisms of time and nationality. It seems appropriate that the standard Britis...
Mannerheim Draws Lines in the Snow
A former Russian cavalry officer helped Finland win independence, then saved it from Stalin and Hitler. On a pedestal across from the Centra...
1914: Marne in the Balance
France very nearly failed to repulse Germany’s mammoth initial invasion. But it did, leading to a slaughterous long-term war of attrition. T...
Mr. Gatling’s Game-Changing Gun
Conceived as a peacemaker, the inventor’s weapon ushered in an era of mechanized killing. Rumors raged. In ex- cited whispers, in idle conve...
Heroes in Coats, Breeches, and Cock’d Hats
In The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin West combined elements of national pride, historical accuracy, and Christian iconography to create a...
The Revolution’s Band of Brothers
Whether heroes or opportunists, the O’Brien family of privateers helped America launch its battle for independence. It was an unlikely setti...
Julian’s Gamble in the Desert
Inspired by Alexander the Great, the Roman emperor set out to conquer Persia with a massive army, a bold plan, and a thirst for glory. One d...
The Battle of Tenaru River
A marine recalls the first major battle on Guadalcanal. On August 7, 1942, Pfc. Robert “Lucky” Leckie and the 1st Marine Division stormed as...
The Persistent Myths of Guernica
After a Spanish town was bombed in 1937, overheated—and inaccurate—accounts of civilian deaths shook the world. On April 26, 1937, in the mi...
Arms and Men: Simple but Deadly
In the century before guns, the longbow brought a lethal efficiency to medieval warfare and gave England an early advantage in the Hundred Y...
MHQ Letters from Readers- Summer 2010
Civil Rights Movement Should Never Be Called Insurgency Professor Mark Grimsley’s article “Why the Civil Rights Movement Was an Insurgency” ...
Firebombers!
As last fall’s California wildfires demonstrated, the demand for aerial firefighters and the dangers they face have never been greater The ...
Daily Quiz for February 28, 2018
She was the first women in US history to enter the album chart at Number One. The post Daily Quiz for February 28, 2018 appeared first on ...
The New Art of War: General Rains’ ‘villainously concealed’ mines
Not only did the Confederacy have forward-thinking technocrats who created “futuristic” weaponry, it also produced at least one visionary we...
Daily Quiz for February 27, 2018
On June 24 1924, American Marines left this country. The post Daily Quiz for February 27, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNet . from Hist...
MiG Kill on the Fourth of July
The author of The Hunters drew from personal experience when writing his celebrated Korean War novel Captain James A. Horowitz was a young m...
Video: Museum’s Artifacts Tell the Story of African Americans in the Army
The National Museum of the United States Army, which is slated to open in about two years at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, is home to many historic...
Happy Birthday, Mein Führer
On Hitler’s 50th, adoring Germans hailed their leader for making their country a great power again—and for stopping short of the all-out war...
Blinded by Hope
Time and again, America marches into battle confident of easy victory— only to find that war really is hell. At a dinner party not too long ...
Arms and Men: Returning Fire
Led by a Nobel laureate, British gunners in World War I mastered the science of pinpointing— and knocking out—enemy artillery. By all accoun...
MHQ Letters from Readers- Autumn 2010
Twisting Words on Torture I would not expect Stephen Budiansky to agree with much of anything in my book The Father of Us All, but I would h...
Vietnam Book Review: The Tragedy of the Vietnam War
The Tragedy of the Vietnam War: A South Vietnamese Officer’s Analysis by Van Nguyen Duong, McFarland & Co., 2009 Of the tens of thousa...
Vietnam Book Review: Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls: Journey with the Dead and Living in Viet Nam by Wayne Karlin, Nation Books, 2009 Vietnam veteran and author Wayne Karlin h...
VIDEO: Navy Cross Recipient Talks About Battle of Hue
The Battle of Hue City was a difficult lesson in urban operations for U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. It lasted 26 days and cost more th...
Vietnam Book Review: Flying from the Black Hole
Flying from the Black Hole: The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam by Robert O. Harder, Naval Institute Press, 2009 The Vietnam War held ...
Vietnam Book Review: Rock ’n’ Roll Soldier
Rock ’n’ Roll Soldier, A Memoir by Dean Ellis Kohler with Susan VanHecke, HarperCollins, 2009 In a famous Bill Mauldin cartoon from World Wa...
Vietnam Review: Virtual JFK
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived The film: produced and directed by Koji Masutani, Docudrama Films, 2009, available on DVD, www.vi...
Vietnam Review: The Most Dangerous Man in America
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers A Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith film, in cooperation with Ind...
Snoring VC and the Luckiest Marines
In the wake of the Tet Offensive, a cobbled together platoon of Marines thrown into the fray had an incredible—but inevitably finite—streak ...
Tet’s Big Bang
How an insane—and unsuccessful—Viet Cong assault on the U.S. Embassy blew a hole in America’s will. As midnight drew near on January 30, 196...
Vietnam Letter from the Editor- February 2010
Hope, and joy, for the holidays Peace and goodwill toward men. The traditional holiday sentiments seem incongruent with war, but since time ...
My War: Philip Gioia
U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN, JAN. 1968–APRIL 1968; APRIL 1969–MAY 1970 On my first tour, we deployed all the way from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on a...
The SA-7 Grail: Man-portable missile packs a punch
The Soviet-built Strela-2 Man Portable Air Defense (MANPAD) system was developed in the late 1950s, based heavily on intelligence gleaned by...
Vietnam News- February 2010
Battle Heroes, Lost in Shuffle, Found At an October rose garden ceremony, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Unit Citation—the ...
Vietnam Letters from Readers- February 2010
John Ripley’s All-American Tenacity I had the good fortune to engage in a brief exchange of correspondence with the late Colonel John Ripley...
Vietnam Book Review: USN F-4 Phantom II Vs VPAF MiG-17/19
USN F-4 Phantom II Vs VPAF MiG-17/19, Vietnam 1965-73 by Peter Davies, Osprey Publishing, 2009 Having already pitted the McDonnell F-4 Phant...
Vietnam Book Review: Vietnam’s Second Front
Vietnam’s Second Front: Domestic Politics, The Republican Party, and The War by Andrew L. Johns, University Press of Kentucky, 2010 War, Von...
Vietnam Book Review: War Without Fronts
War Without Fronts: The USA in Vietnam by Bernd Greiner, translated from the German by Anne Wyburd with Victoria Fern, Yale University Press...
Vietnam Book Review: War Stories
War Stories: False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers—What Really Happened in Vietnam by Gary Kulik, Potomac Books, 2009 Alt...
‘Life has been good so far’
The perfect storm brewing over Camp Bunard was about to change Robert Pryor’s life forever. Gazing out the open cargo doors of the Huey flyi...
Vietnam: The Last Great Picture War
The Vietnam War was photographed like no war before it or since, and its uncensored reality had profound consequences. Just outside Saigon i...
Vietnam Letter from the Editor- April 2010
Looking at war; seeing people “You can’t photograph bullets flying through the air. So it must be the wounded, or people running loaded with...
My War: Jeanne Urbin Markle
U.S. Army Nurse, 1st Lieutenant December 1966–August 1967 In Vietnam, all wounds were considered dirty. The wounds had shrapnel, lead, dirt ...
Interview: Jeremiah Denton’s quest- The America he left behind
A 1947 Naval Academy graduate, Jeremiah Denton was piloting an A6 Intruder over North Vietnam on July 18, 1965, when he was shot down and ta...
The EA-6B Prowler: Outwitting Hanoi’s air defenses
North Vietnam’s air defenses were among the most advanced of their day, rivaling those deployed around Moscow. The diversity of radars and i...
Vietnam News- April 2010
Women Vietnam Vets Target of VA Study Nearly 40 years after the war, the women who served in Vietnam, Southeast Asia and in the United State...
Vietnam Letters from Readers- April 2010
Hear the One About Hope in Vietnam? The article on Bob Hope (February) reminded me of my 1964-65 Vietnam tour. I was an infantry major at th...
Remembering Ted Sampley
No Truer Friend or Tougher Foe. Ted Sampley, a founder of Rolling Thunder, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and former Green Beret who was be...
A Rolling Thunder Welcome
At 11:55 a.m. on Sunday, May 24, 2009, a shadow loomed out of the east-southeast. The altitude was 1,000 feet and it was big—very, very, ver...
Rolling Thunder XXIII
As we near our 23rd year of Rolling Thunder, all is not well. Our country is at war and the POW/MIA issue is still very much “front and cent...
Know Thy Enemy: America’s First Battle Against Germany
At a short but intense battle in Tunisia, Americans cut through the myth of German invincibility The post Know Thy Enemy: America’s First B...
Putting Faces to the Names on the Wall
Education Center to usher in new era of understanding. The names. The roll of names, each etched a half-inch tall into polished black Bangal...
Brad Braughton’s Inspiring Gift to His High School Football Team
A soldier’s gift to his high school still inspires. Amelia High School Athletic Director Tom Jones read the letter from 1966 graduate Brad B...
The RPG-7: North Vietnam’s equalizer
Introduced into Soviet Service in 1962 and provided to North Vietnam starting in 1966, the RPG-7 was carried by every infantry squad in the ...
Vietnam News- June 2010
Saigon Airlift Refugees on USS Midway Again The aircraft carrier Midway, whose decks were full of helicopters and refugees during the evacua...
Daily Quiz for February 26, 2018
This was the first Universal Product Code (UPC) marked item ever scanned at a retail check out. The post Daily Quiz for February 26, 2018 ...
Daily Quiz for February 25, 2018
Christmas was made a national holiday in this year. The post Daily Quiz for February 25, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNet . from Histo...
Daily Quiz for February 24, 2018
This was the last American Space Shuttle to fly in space. The post Daily Quiz for February 24, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNet . from...
Daily Quiz for February 23, 2018
After purchasing his freedom, former slave Samuel Green was imprisoned in Maryland from 1857-1862 for this offense. The post Daily Quiz for...
Dispatches from Saigon
‘Old hacks’ return to their Saigon haunts for a last hurrah 35 years after the fall. On April 29, 1975, the end of the Vietnam War was at ha...
Kids Can Kill Too
An observation plane pilot’s chilling encounter epitomized the perils and uncertainties of warfare in Vietnam. “Damn generals,” I muttered t...
The War’s Final Firefight – the Mayaguez Incident
The desperate and confused battle triggered by the Mayaguez incident was a disturbing finale to America’s war in Southeast Asia. Could it ge...
Smashing Sanctuaries in Cambodia
When Charlie Company crossed the border, its troops couldn’t imagine they would be the very last unit out—or the fate that awaited them. Aft...
Vietnam News- August 2010
Vietnam Vets First to Spot Times Square Car Bomb On May 1, two Times Square street vendors, Vietnam veterans Lance Orton and Duane Jackson, ...
Mary Mann Hamilton: Delta Pioneer Woman
Roughing it along the Mississippi River through the eyes of a woman who lived it. The post Mary Mann Hamilton: Delta Pioneer Woman appeare...
May 2018 Table of Contents
The May 2018 issue features a cover story about the bombing of Guernica, Spain, during the 1936–39 Spanish Civil War The post May 2018 Tabl...
May 2018 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about the World War II Civilian Pilot Volunteers and recognition of Filipinos' wartime service The post May 2018 Read...
Book Review: When Montezuma Met Cortés
Matthew Restall argues an alternative take on Hernán Cortés' 16th century conquest of Mexico The post Book Review: When Montezuma Met C...
Book Review: Flashpoint Trieste
Christian Jennings examines how the Italian port of Trieste became a Cold War flashpoint The post Book Review: Flashpoint Trieste appeared...
Book Review: Gaius Marius
Marc Hayden presents the best extant account of Gaius Marius and his key role in the late Roman Republic The post Book Review: Gaius Marius...
A Ghost in the Machine
An airline pilot working to rebuild a Grumman Widgeon says he was assisted by a mysterious voice in his head. As Mark Taintor approached the...
Book Review: The Dead March
Peter Guardino reconsiders each side of the 1846–48 Mexican War The post Book Review: The Dead March appeared first on HistoryNet . fro...
Book Review: Stormtroopers
Daniel Siemens presents a comprehensive account of Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler's Sturmabteilung Brownshirts The post Book Review: Stormtro...
Book Review: Enemies and Neighbors
Ian Black examines the tortured history of the Arab-Israeli conflict through the present The post Book Review: Enemies and Neighbors appea...
Book Review: To Catch a King
Charles Spencer follows up on his history of Charles I with this account of his son Charles II The post Book Review: To Catch a King appea...
Announcing! The 2018 Thomas Fleming Awards for Outstanding Military History Writing
“Teddy,” my father once said to me, “become a lawyer, and I guarantee you’ll make a million bucks by the time you’re thirty. I remember look...
Another Contemptible Little Army?
It’s a cardinal sin of warfare to underestimate the enemy, but Germany did exactly that as it sized up U.S. military power in World War I T...
Body Count in Vietnam
A second lieutenant assigned to lead the infamous platoon responsible for the My Lai massacre recalls the bitter reality behind Vietnam’s me...
Daily Quiz for February 22, 2018
Although Americans are a powerhouse in ladies and men’s figure skating and ice dancing, they have never won an Olympic gold medal in pairs. ...
General James F. Hollingsworth
A brash tank commander for Patton in WWII who never let up in Vietnam. When Lieutenant General James F. Hollingsworth died at 91 on March 2,...
From Torching to Teaching
Marine Combined Action Platoons won hearts and minds—and some ferocious battles—deep inside enemy strongholds. With its “clear-hold-build” p...
China’s American Imperial General
It took an American Christian adventurer to create an army capable of ending the only so-called Christian revolt in Chinese history The pos...
“Piece of Cake”
A young reporter on a 1967 medevac mission gone bad returns to face hard memories at Marble Mountain. When revisiting a significant experien...
Vietnam News- October 2010
Vietnam Vet Clapper Tapped to Be New Spy Chief Retired Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr., a decorated Vietnam War veteran who flew nearly 75 com...
Frank Blazich: Lessons From the Smithsonian
Blazich is curator for the Division of Armed Forces History at the National Museum of American History The post Frank Blazich: Lessons From...
Prescient at the Creation
Ridiculed after the 1963 Battle of Ap Bac as being too old, out of touch and mired in outdated military thinking, was General Paul Harkins a...
NVA Sketchbook’s Long Strange Trip
Lost in a bloody fight during Tet 1968, a captured NVA fighter’s sketchbook chronicle finally finds it way back home. North Vietnamese Army ...
Cam Ne Burning
Less than a month after landing at Da Nang on July 7, 1965, with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 1st Lieutenant Franklin Cox found himself o...
North Vietnam’s M-30: A critical key to victory
Despite popular perceptions, it was the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) that ultimately carried the day in Vietnam, and it did so via traditiona...
Vietnam News- December 2010
Secretary Clinton Presses Hanoi on Human Rights During Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent two-day visit to Hanoi, she met with Viet...
M24 Chaffee
The M24’s mobility, maneuverability and hefty armament made it ideal for reconnaissance and troop support The post M24 Chaffee appeared fi...
Daily Quiz for February 21, 2018
This British prime minister’s weak leadership during the American Revolutionary War helped the colonists win their freedom. The post Daily ...
ACW Review: Shenandoah
Shenandoah (1965) Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen “These are my sons. They don’t belong to the state.” So says Jimmy Stewart’s Charlie Ander...
ACW Book Review: Jayhawker
Jayhawker: The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane by Bryce Benedict, University of Oklahoma Press, 2009,$32.95 The Civil War on the Kansa...
ACW Book Review: 25th North Carolina
The 25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War: History and Roster of a Mountain-Bred Regiment by Carroll C.Jones, McFarland Publishers, 20...
ACW Book Review: In the Cause of Liberty
In the Cause of Liberty: How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals edited by William J. Cooper Jr. and JohnM.McCardellJr.,LouisianaState U...
The Man Who Shot A.P. Hill
Even a lowly corporal can make a decision that has major consequences. Wars, campaigns and battles are all determined by decisions made unde...
How the West Was Lost
Joe Johnston’s feud with Jeff Davis spelled disaster. Early in 1864, Federal troops spread along the Western theater prepared to merge into ...
Everybody knew you didn’t give no lip to Big Bad John
John Baylor snatches New Mexico—and a Union officer’s career. Union Major Isaac Lynde was a worrier. From the moment he had been assigned co...
Barging into the Old Northwest
The Erie Canal was the ‘Big Ditch’ that gave the North the edge in the Civil War. Slavery, states’ rights, tariffs; all were obvious factors...
America’s Civil War- Letters from Readers January 2010
Logan’s run I enjoy reading each issue of America’s Civil War. The September issue was most interesting but had one mistake. In the feature ...
ACW Review: The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage (1951) Directed by John Huston In 1951, director John Huston was at the height of his cinematic powers, having alre...
ACW Book Review: Remembering Kentucky’s Confederates
Remembering Kentucky’s Confederates by Geoffrey R. Walden, Arcadia Publishing, 2009, $21.99 Geoffrey Walden’s new book Remembering Kentuck...
ACW Book Review: Orlando M. Poe
Orlando M. Poe, Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer by Paul Taylor, Kent State University Press, 2009, $65 When the U.S. Military Aca...
ACW Book Review: South Carolina’s Military Organizations
South Carolina’s Military Organizations During the War Between the States (4 volumes) by Robert S. Seigler, The History Press, 2009, $139.9...
ACW Book Review: Wars Within a War
Wars Within a War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War edited by Joan Waugh and Gary W. Gallagher, University of North Car...
ACW Book Review: Lincoln’s Political Generals
Lincoln’s Political Generals by David Work, University of Illinois Press, 2009, $34.95 Abraham Lincoln made his share of mistakes as command...
ACW Book Review: Atlas of the Civil War
Atlas of the Civil War: A Comprehensive Guide to the Tactics and Terrain of Battle by Neil Hagan and Stephen Hyslop, National Geographic, 20...
Hidden Heroes: No Quit ‘Rip’ Ford Kept the Yanks in check in Southern Texas
Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford made Texas his home for nearly 30 years. In May 1865, with the end of the war nearing, Union troops hop...
Breaking the Color Barrier
Jesse Brown, the U.S. Navy’s first black aviator, overcame hardship and prejudice in his quest for wings of gold. Jesse Leroy Brown set his ...
Daily Quiz for February 20, 2018
This first lady organized the first Washington D.C. Easter Egg Roll. The post Daily Quiz for February 20, 2018 appeared first on HistoryNe...
Knights in Binding Armor
To a Civil War soldier, a bulletproof vest could be a lifesaver—or just one more impediment. On the night of July 2, 1863, Captain Jesse H. ...
Abraham Lincoln: The Anti-Politician
Few expected him to run for president; even fewer expected he would win. The headlines seemed uncannily familiar: Inexperienced underdog fro...
A Port in the Storm
Divided loyalties within and armed mobs without plunge the United States Naval Academy into a sea of uncertainty. Two figures emerged onto t...
Oh Shenandoah, you roiling raider!
Stalking Yankee whalers was so much fun, the crew didn’t notice the war was over. The Scots build fine ships; they always have. And in the e...
America’s Civil War- Letters from Readers March 2010
On the home front I have been a loyal reader of America’s Civil War magazine for a dozen or more years, and in every issue, I find an articl...
ACW Review: Tap Roots
Tap Roots (1948) Directed by George Marshall After the Boffo box office success of Gone With the Wind, Hollywood tried to parlay the moonlig...
ACW Book Review: Fields of Blood
Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign, by William L. Shea, University of North Carolina Press, 2009, $35 December 1862 was a dark time...
ACW Book Review: Lincoln Under Enemy Fire
Lincoln Under Enemy Fire: The Complete Account of his Experiences During Early’s Attack on Washington by John Henry Cramer, University of Te...
ACW Book Review: Mr. Lincoln’s Forts
Mr. Lincoln’s Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III and Walton H. Owen II, The Scarecrow P...
Brooklyn’s War
This New York City borough reminds us that the war’s fury reached far beyond the front. During the Civil War, Brooklyn was a city unto itsel...
Partisan, Terrorist, Soldier, Spy
Call them what you will, these Rebels were desperate to take the battle from the field to the streets. A squad of hand-picked soldiers, dres...
Shock, Awe and a Colossal Failure
At the Crater, poor leadership, race issues and last-minute tinkering combined for a spectacular Union disaster. In a single instant, Peters...
Damn those torpedoes!
Outmanned and outgunned, the Rebels develop an explosive secret weapon. On August 5, 1864, Admiral David Farragut—“Old Salamander” to his me...
America’s Civil War- Letters from Readers May 2010
Teddy Roosevelt’s Rebel roots I enjoyed Ron Soodalter’s piece “Oh Shenandoah, you roiling raider!” in the March 2010 issue. The article brie...
5 Civil War Veterans Were Later Presidents of the United States of America
From 1869 to 1901, five U.S. Presidents were Civil War veterans who had served in the Union armies. Four were generals. (All photographs: Li...
March 2018 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about women in combat, the Victoria Cross and the M50 Ontos tank destroyer The post March 2018 Readers’ Letters appeared...
Daily Quiz for February 19, 2018
A state line runs through the combined courthouse and post office located at zip codes 75504 and 71854 in a town incorporated in the late 18...
Daily Quiz for February 18, 2018
Built in the 1940’s this company town features such streets as Any Way, This Way, and That Way. The post Daily Quiz for February 18, 2018 ...
A Pusher Ahead of Its Time
The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 sweptwing pusher was a plane ahead of its time. “Thinking Outside the Box” is a catchphrase that is heard perhaps t...
Daily Quiz for February 17, 2018
As he fought for freedom, he brought along his personal slave/valet, William Lee. The post Daily Quiz for February 17, 2018 appeared first...
ACW Review: The Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel (1935) Directed by David Butler The importance of this contrived bit of Civil War tripe, starring America’s “Little Darli...
ACW Book Review: General Sherman’s Christmas Present
General Sherman’s Christmas Present: Savannah 1864 by Stanley Weintraub, Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins, 2009, $24.99 In mid-1864, Abraham...
ACW Book Review: Pathway to Hell
Pathway to Hell: A Tragedy of the American Civil War by Dennis W. Brandt, Lehigh University Press, 2010, $44.50 A member of the famed Pennsy...
ACW Book Review: The First Vermont Cavalry
The First Vermont Cavalry in the Civil War: A History by Joseph D. Collea Jr., McFarland, 2010, $45 The exploits of the 1st Vermont Voluntee...
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