Not exactly. Kennan advocated standing up to the Soviets in Western Europe and Japan and leaving small fish alone. The US got involved in Korea, Vietnam, and Central America. Communist systems …

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Jun 7, 2015 · THE CHALLENGE OF AMERICAN HISTORY (1999), edited by Louis Masur is a collection of essays from the Reviews in American History journal. You can read, for example, The Age of …

Apr 15, 2012 · I was recently reading in the book 1861 by Adam Goodheart a little about the debates that these two squared off in. I was wondering if anyone has done research about this event, if there …

Dec 4, 2011 · Some more examples from surviving roman ruins: Ruins in Roman Britain: Reconstructions: Insulae Villa Pompeii block In Pompeii, a town of 12,000 inhabitants or 1% of the …

Feb 10, 2024 · This may be a stretch, but after watching an excellent tv series a couple of years ago called ‘Taboo’ starring Tom Hardy as James Keziah Delaney, Nootka Sound played a major role …

May 3, 2011 · Who were the most influential political figures of the 1780s (AoC timeframe) by state? Sorry for such a broad question. My reason for asking this (outside of pure historical interest) is …

Jan 29, 2025 · Japanese "fencing"? Not really fencing but the title of the bulletin calls it so German Mensur. Otto Skorzeny got his scars from fencing

Feb 25, 2016 · Hello, I am new here and I am hoping to find someone that can take this quote and help me understand it better. The quote is: “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has …

May 28, 2020 · I had remembered that Byzantines had light cavalry on borders similar to later Hungarian/Croatian/Polish hussars. These were called trapezitoi or tasinarioi. But Wikipedia states …