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What is the Value of Studying Military History?

Military history is a valuable field of study to both professional soldiers and civilians. Here's why....

Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day?

In order to understand why we celebrate Columbus Day, we must look at the extraordinary life of Europe's greatest navigator....

Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a bloody film that lacks morality, celebrates mutilation, and rewrites history. But the victims are Nazis, so it's okay, right?...

Nazi Body Count in USSR: 12,250,000 Non-Battle Deaths

The non-battle deaths of USSR citizens caused by Nazi Germany is by far the highest of any nation that Germany attacked in the Second World War....

Churchill, Buchanan, and the Unnecessary Book Part II

This second installment looks at Buchanan's efforts to portray Churchill as absent, weak, and wrong on the Rhineland, Austrian, and Munich crises....

Churchill, Buchanan, and the Unnecessary Book Part I

This is the first installment of a five part series that takes a closer look at Patrick J. Buchanan's Churchill, Hitler, and the "Unnecessary War"....

Nazi Body Count: 20,946,000 Non-Battle Deaths

The Nazi Body Count represents non-battle deaths and occupation death rates as a result of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945....

Visualizing the Effects of the Great Leap Forward

38,000,000 people dying in a four-year period is hard to fathom, but that's how many starved to death in China from 1958-1961 during the Great Leap Forward....

The Causes of Starvation During the Great Leap Forward

Between 1957 and 1961, approximately 38,000,000 Chinese starved to death during the Great Leap Forward. The causes are rooted in the government's policies and attitude....

Belgium's Neutrality was More than a "Scrap of Paper"

A closer look at the treaty guaranteeing Belgium's independence and neutrality shows that it was more than a "scrap of paper."...

Treaty of London, 1839: The Complete Text

The Treaty of London, signed in 1839, created the state of Belgium whose independence was guaranteed by Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia....

Why Study Winston Churchill?

The purpose of this presentation is to give people an understanding why Churchill is worth studying today. The presentation takes look at why most of us remember Churchill, an overview of his political and writing careers, and how recent leaders...

Valkyrie

Valkyrie has the budget and quality of Hollywood without the unnecessary fluff. If you can stomach Tom Cruise, then this film is a great piece of historical cinema....

1940 Aircraft Production Figures

Bob Hart takes a look at the aircraft production figures for the United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Germany, and Japan in 1940....

Let Teachers Carry Concealed Firearms at Schools

By training and equipping teachers to use firearms, a school shooting is less likely to occur and teachers will have real means to protect their students....