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Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq

3/23/2022

Following on my several readings of the use and misuse of history regarding the American Civil war (The Half Has …

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Forget The Alamo – History Surfacing

1/31/2022

History, it is said, is written by the winners.  Well, not always. The history of the Alamo, as it has …

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“Blood Done Sign My Name” & “Down Along With That Devil’s Bones” – Two Stories of the White South

12/20/2021

Following my reading of Susan Neiman’s, Learning From the Germans, in which she examines America’s and Germany’s differing responses to the …

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Quick Recommendations

12/16/2021

A quick note to applaud Will Smith’s “Amend: The Fight for America” now on Netflix.  A very well done six …

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Unworthy Republic

6/23/2021

History, as taught to children, throughout the world, is primarily a means of instilling national pride.  What if, instead, its …

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The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science

5/6/2021

The Romantic period of Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelly in England and of others around Europe is not normally thought of …

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The Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

7/17/2019

  I know you won’t believe me that families of human beings arrived on tiny Easter Island before any such …

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American Empire: Going Across the Waters

2/23/2018

  Those of us who have spent anytime at all in Hawaii, usually on vacation, enjoying the fine weather, the …

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The Battle Cry of Freedom — The Beginnings of the Civil War

1/18/2018

  In these years when many have worried aloud about a neo-civil war brewing between American shores it is somewhat …

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The War at Home 1918-1923

9/20/2017

I’ve been away and tramping the back roads of Iceland for two weeks and am so far behind  I can’t …

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A House Divided: Vituperation in the Beginning

7/11/2017

One great thing about long driving trips is the time available to listen to good books.  On a trip to …

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WW I: Not What Caused it, but What It Was Like

6/7/2017

The interest of readers in World War I seems to divide into three main categories: high-level diplomatic threats, promises and …

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