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“The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings,” wrote Aldous Huxley in an essay called “Words and Behaviour,” published in 1936, “and...
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In the annals of American history, there are battles that have etched themselves into the collective memory, forever shaping the course of the nation. These monumental clashes, waged on fields both...
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Armchair historians can tell you about the biggest surprise attacks ever and the impacts they had. Some of the greatest traps, ambushes, and shocking assaults have altered history’s trajectory. To...
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Taking to the skies has expanded our mobility in extraordinary ways. Journeys that once took days or months now take a matter of hours. Airplanes and helicopters are amazing machines that serve as a...
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For millennia, naval battles have been some of the most important military conflicts. Controlling the seas gives the victors control of major ports and shipping routes, and the ability to encircle...
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April 15 marked the 111th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, which claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people. It was among the worst maritime disasters in history. The ship was only five...
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Ancient battles could be drawn out affairs—some conflicts consist of combatants losing and recapturing the same cities over and over again. This list of the longest wars in history has conflicts...
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Any single individual, no matter their station in life, is capable of altering the course of human history with little more than a motive and a gun. The world as we know it today is in no small way...
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Two recent surveys – one from the The Economist and YouGov and the other from the medical research distributor medRvix – suggest that as many as four in ten Americans believe a civil war in this...
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The Civil War is the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history. It’s estimated that roughly 620,000 soldiers lost their lives over the course of the conflict, and even though roughly half of those...
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Commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, Good Friday is perhaps the most solemn day of the year in the Christian calendar. Typical religious observances include fasting, prayer, and...
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The terror of aerial bombardment was nothing new to the world when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, in effect starting World War II. In 1935, Italian planes had killed Red Cross workers in Ethiopia in...
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Sometimes a crime can be so sensational that it grips an entire nation, and sometimes the world. Not all of these major offenses are solved, however, and there’s something fascinating about...
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Spies and traitors operate in the shadowy world of subterfuge, expedience, and uncertain allegiances. We hear about spies when they are discovered plying their spycraft, such as Mata Hari during...
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Throughout the nearly 250 years of U.S. history, every state has played an important part in shaping the country into what it is today. Though each has made its mark on American history, in all 50,...
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