Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday 27 April 2015

The 2015 OAH Annual Meeting: Videos, News, Everything

by Rick Shenkman
Find out what American historians are thinking.

Rory Kennedy's Vietnam Documentary Says the US Congress Abandoned Our Vietnamese Allies at War's End. Don't Believe It.

by Ken Hughes
In interview after interview, Kennedy has promulgated her movie’s myth: “The U.S. decided we’ve just got to get the Americans out and leave all our Vietnamese counterparts behind.” That was Nixon's stated view. It's wrong.

Two Things You Don’t Know About Roe v. Wade that Will Surprise You

by James D. Robenalt
One of these two things changed American politics and not in a good way.

The Unbelievable Story of Kawashima Yoshiko and the Japanese Lost Soul Who Claimed He Was She in an Earlier Life

by Phyllis Birnbaum
And where did it end? With an ISIS beheading.

What the Debate Over Gay Marriage Shows

by Amy Kittelstrom
It’s time to rewrite the history of the culture wars.

Thomas A. Bailey: Dead and Forgotten by His Publisher?

by Ray Raphael
His name has been dropped from the textbook he wrote.

How Did Asians, Long Reviled, Become America’s Model Immigrants?

by Madeline Y. Hsu
The answer has a lot to do with the rising importance of Asia to American business.

Did Iran’s Nuclear Negotiators Use the Carcassonne Strategy?

by Robert Hardaway
That’s the fascinating approach a medieval French town used to save itself when it was under siege.

Jury Trials as National Public Spectacle: Now that's Something New

by Steve Hochstadt
It's also unfortunate.

There Is One More Thing We Need to Remember About the Civil War

by Timothy Walch
We owe a lot to the young men who wielded bugles, fifes and drums, as well to those who fired weapons and charged the ramparts.

A Confederate General and His Slave

by Kevin M. Levin
One of the people a Confederate general had to say good-bye to at the end of the Civil War was his slave.

The Other Two Dakotas

by Robert E. Wright
A state of mind divides the two Dakotas. South Dakota’s the place where the free market thrives.

Secret Warriors of the First World War

by Taylor Downing
The First World War was not just a war of trenches, slaughter and sacrifice. It changed the scientific and technological landscape of the century to follow.

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.