kumpulan berbagai informasi sejarah / riwayat dan peristiwa penting lainnya dalam sejarah manusia
20th Century With Mike Wallace: America at War 10 episodes, 470 minutes; Athena Nearly 100,000 Americans have died in undeclared wars since the end of World War II. This often discomfiting series takes an unvarnished look at the hows and whys and asks, Were they worth it? Its informed, fair-minded approach ensures that the question …
The post American History Review: 20th Century With Mike Wallace appeared first on HistoryNet.
Life Is Better Than LimbWartime amputations, while extreme, saved thousands of lives and helped spur the development of modern prosthetics. In four years of brutal Civil War combat, thousands of soldiers … Read MoreACW Book Review: Mutiny at Fort JacksonMutiny at Fort Jackson: The Untold Story of the Fall of New Orleans by Michael D. Pierson, University of North Carolina Press, 2008, $30 After shattering a rickety Confederate flee… Read MoreACW Book Review: Identification DiscsIdentification Discs of Union Soldiers in the Civil War by Larry B. Maier and Joseph W. Stahl, McFarland & Co., Inc., 2008, $55 When the outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run… Read MoreSnakes in the GrassAs an embattled Lincoln faced grim re-election prospects, Confederate leaders plotted with Copperhead Democrats in the North to poison the race. In early 1864, as the Civil War dra… Read MoreThe North’s Caustic CartoonistThrough his political illustrations, Thomas Nast became a powerful spin doctor who influenced public opinion and made presidents. When Ulysses S. Grant was asked to name the one Am… Read More
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar