The Crucible of Conflict – 10 Ways World War Two Forged Our Modern Age
“Countless innovations in science, medicine and social organization grew out of the conflict.” By Keith Lowe THE SECOND WORLD WAR was one of the most catastrophic events in human history. As armed forces swept from…
Machine Gun — How Hiram Maxim’s Deadly Invention Changed History
“Hilaire Belloc summed things up best in 1898’s The Modern Traveller when he wrote: ‘Whatever happens, we have got, the Maxim gun, and they have not.’” By Sam Bocetta HIRAM MAXIM WAS a prolific American…
Back to the Future – What History Teaches Us About America’s Standoff With North Korea
“Can history teach us anything about the current standoff between Washington and Pyongyang? The answer is yes.” By Christopher Kelly THE FIRST, though unstated, rule of American foreign policy since World War Two has been…
The Bereaved — Grace Darling Seibold and America’s First ‘Gold Star Mothers’
“Many observers believed that the sheer number of grieving mothers gathered so dramatically in public would actually help foster peace.” By April Smith ON FEB. 7, 1930, FIRST LADY LOU HENRY HOOVER reached into a silver bowl…
The Last Horse Soldiers – What Were History’s Final Cavalry Charges?
“In the last 100 years, there have in fact been at least three successful mass cavalry charges.” By Rafe McGregor ISAAC NEWTON WASN’T thinking about cavalry charges when he penned his Second Law of Motion…
Nisei Soldier — How One Japanese-American Bravely Served the Nation That Unjustly Imprisoned Him
“Many of those same people who had been unjustly imprisoned were suddenly conscripted and forced to fight for a country that had only recently viewed them as the enemy.” By George Yagi Jr. WITH THE…
