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Rhode Island in the Civil War: All Quiet on the Rappahannock Tonight: The Civil War Letters of Lt. P

Although the Civil War was fought over 150 years ago its effects still reverberate throughout our country. First and foremost, the unity...

Exploring Local History: A review of World War II: Rhode Island by Christian McBurney, Brian L. Wall

As one of the founding thirteen colonies, Rhode Island played a very large role in both the American Revolution and the constitutional...

The Turbulent Waters of History: A Review of The Black Sea: A History by Charles King

Long overshadowed by its eponymous southern neighbor, the Mediterranean, and confused with its western sister, the Caspian, the Black Sea...

New Silk Roads: A Reawakening?

High School History Review: Peter Frankopan’s “The Silk Roads” Astute observers of Eurasian affairs over the past decade have been...

A Russian Classic Revisited: Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

To read War and Peace is to read into the fabric of humanity. To read War and Peace is to delve into the relationships that bind us...

Debating Intervention... Lessons from the Spanish American War: Stephen Kinzer's True Flag

Americans are asking hard questions about the nation’s role in the world. Should the US act as “world policeman” and use its influence...

King Philips War: A Troubled History

In a time when Americans are reexamining painful chapters of US history, the issue of the treatment of Native Americans still seems to be...

Race In America

“To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world, before all the guns, fists, knives, crack,...

1848: Revolution and Reaction

The year 1848 was a tumultuous time for Europe as a whole. Governments across Europe were toppled as a wave of violence and protests...

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