History of War

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The Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner
September 14, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
FDR's “Shoot-on-Sight” Fireside Chat and the Ethics of Misleading the Public
September 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1940 Destroyers-for-Bases Deal and the Expansion of Presidential Power
September 2, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1814 British Sack of Washington
August 24, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Bombing of Nagasaki
August 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
August 7, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Bombing of Hiroshima
August 6, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
August 4, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The 1916 Black Tom Explosion in Jersey City
July 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The United States Declares War on Britain in 1812
June 18, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
FDR’s “Stab-in-the-Back” Speech
June 10, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Remembering a Fallen Hero on Memorial Day
May 22, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Battle of Attu
May 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Sinking of the Lusitania
May 7, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Lessons of the Fall of Saigon
April 30, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
George Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation
April 22, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Tampico Incident and the U.S. Invasion of Veracruz
April 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Woodrow Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War on Germany
April 2, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Lessons of History
March 18, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Lend-Lease Act
March 11, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Pancho Villa’s New Mexico Raid and the Punitive Expedition Into Mexico
March 9, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The First U.S. Combat Troops Arrive in South Vietnam
March 8, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
Robert M. La Follette and the “Willful Men” Who Defied Woodrow Wilson on the Eve of World War I
March 4, 2026
By James M. Lindsay
The Zimmermann Telegram and the U.S. Entry Into World War I
March 1, 2026
By James M. Lindsay