The Vietnam War: A War of Guerrilla Warfare and Global Politics
Reading Time: 19 minutes The Vietnam War raged from 1955 to 1975. It escalated from a civil war into one of the twentieth…
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Reading Time: 19 minutes Easter Rising of 1916 and the Birth of Irish Independence
Reading Time: 24 minutes The Easter Rising of 1916 was an armed insurrection by Irish nationalists against British rule. Fewer than 2,000 Volunteers…
Mao Zedong’s China: A Journey from Hope to Havoc
Reading Time: 19 minutes When Mao Zedong stood atop Tiananmen Gate and announced the creation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949,…
The Most Historic Building in Every U.S. State
Reading Time: 22 minutes Colonial meeting houses, Native cultural sites, frontier forts, Spanish missions and civil rights landmarks are just some of the…
Justice or Injustice? The Lindbergh Kidnapping & Trial of Bruno Hauptmann
Reading Time: 19 minutes The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Trial of Bruno Hauptmann is one of the most mysterious and controversial stories in…
25+ Best Books on WW1
Reading Time: 15 minutes World War I was a global conflict that redefined countries, toppled empires, and shaped the course of the 20th…
The Nat Turner Revolt and the Struggle for Black Freedom
Reading Time: 12 minutes Nat Turner was a slave preacher who believed God called him and who led a slave rebellion in Southampton…
The Great Gold Robbery Train Heist: Crime of the Century
Reading Time: 12 minutes One may wonder how a heist in Victorian Britain managed to send the country into a moral panic and…
The Khevsur Warriors of Georgia: Medieval Spirit in a Modern War
Reading Time: 13 minutes The Last Warriors of the Mountains Deep in the folds of the Caucasus Mountains, in the remote highland region…
Why Lawrence of Arabia Still Captivates Historians
Reading Time: 18 minutes The Enduring Allure of Lawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as “Lawrence of Arabia,” was a…
