Abraham Lincoln – President, Emancipator… and Tyrant?
By Jennifer L. Weber WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOOK OFFICE IN MARCH 1861, the executive branch was small and relatively limited in its power. By the time of his assassination four years later, he had claimed…
Hot Properties — Eight of History’s Most Fought Over Places
“The following places have changed hands or been fought over at least half a dozen times.” MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS reported last week that President Obama is ordering the U.S. military to execute a new round of air strikes against…
The Pre-Columbian Superpower – 10 Surprising Facts About the Incan Army
IN HIS 1997 PULITZER-PRIZE-WINNING BOOK Guns, Germs and Steel, author and University of California historian Jared Diamond describes the absurd Battle of Cajamarca. The clash, which took place on Nov. 16, 1532 in what would later…
The Myth of Black Confederates — Historian Blasts Fantasy That “Thousands” of African Americans Fought for the South
“The very idea of black Confederates is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.” By Doug Peterson PATRICK R. CLEBURNE, A PROMINENT GENERAL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY of Tennessee, could see what…
British Historian Names His Pick For ‘Most Fascinating Figure From Military History’
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS NOW, MHN has been asking prominent historians, writers and journalists from around the world a single question: Which figure from military history do you find most fascinating and why? In our first…
The Battle of Los Angeles — The Night California Believed It Was Under Japanese Attack
“All winter, the population along the U.S. west coast feared they’d be in the enemy’s bombsights next. Could this be the attack Californians were dreading?” JUST AFTER 3 A.M. on Feb. 25, 1942, the skies over…
