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WEBU.S. Army says war records gap is real. The U.S. Army has conceded a significant loss of records documenting battlefield action and other operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and has launched a global search to recover and consolidate field records from the wars.In an order to all commands and a separate letter to leaders of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Secretary of the Army John ...
Truman on Trial: Not Guilty — History News Network
WEBIt is a good thing I am called a judge, because if I were a juror, regardless of how the judge ruled, I would engage in"jury nullification." On purely hypothetical grounds, I reject the entire concept of"war crimes" as being separate and distinct acts of violence, the same way I reject"hate crimes" as being different from acts.
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WEBWriting a Classic: Richard Tregaskis and "Guadalcanal Diary" by Ray E. Boomhower. Combat reporter Richard Tregaskis's account of the August 1942 Marine invasion of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands passed military censors and became a popular sensation while offering the public an account of the difficulty and brutality of the Pacific war.
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WEBThe Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties (Washington History Seminar, Mon. 9/27) Eric Zolov addresses the Washington History Seminar to talk about his revisionist interpretation of Mexican history in the 1960s, when the government tried "to broaden Mexico's international relations and break free of economic subordination to Washington."
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WEBLaugh at McCarthy's Travails, but History Shows Chaotic Congress Isn't a Joke by Joanne B. Freeman. Protracted Speakership battles have always reflected moments where factions struggled over power in ways that the party systems of the day couldn't contain.
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WEBMatthew Connelly Presents Digital Lessons on the History of Government Secrecy. Historian Matthew Connelly offers a series of talks and lesson plans for social studies teachers about the origins and significance of government secrecy, classified information, and freedom of information.
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WEBFather of Koch Brothers Helped Build Nazi Oil Refinery, Book Says. The book is largely focused on the Koch family, stretching back to its involvement in the far-right John Birch Society and the political and business activities of the father, Fred C. Koch, who found some of his earliest business success overseas in the years leading up to World War II.
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WEBNational Library of Medicine Announces 2022 History Talks. NLM History Talks promote awareness and use of NLM and related historical collections for research, education, and public service in biomedicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.