Charles Cowlam: The Civil War Con-Man Who Received Presidential Pardons From Both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Charles Cowlam’s career as a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist spanned the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Gilded Age. His life touched many of the most promi...
8 Elo 202435min
The Extent of Soviet Infiltration Into Depression and Cold War America
Soviet espionage existed in the United States since the U.S.S.R.’s founding and continued until its dissolution in the 1990s. It reached its height in World War 2 and the early Cold War, especially to...
6 Elo 202449min
America’s First Crime Boss Was Female Immigrant-Turned-Criminal Mastermind
In 1850, an impoverished twenty-five-year-old named Fredericka Mandelbaum came to New York in steerage and worked as a peddler on the streets of Lower Manhattan. By the 1870s she was a fixture of high...
1 Elo 202443min
The War Under No-Man’s Land: Military Mining and Tunnel Combat in World War One
Beneath the trench warfare of World War One existed an entirely separate war underground: battles in the mines and dugouts between the Great Powers. In 1914–17, the underground war was a product of st...
30 Heinä 202445min
Eisenhower’s Logistics and Diplomatic Nightmare: Planning and Executing D-Day
In the months leading up to D-Day, Eisenhower’s attention was in relentless demand, whether he was negotiating, rallying troops, or solving crises from his headquarters in Bushy Park, London. He proje...
25 Heinä 20241h 1min
53 Days on Starvation Island: How The US Marines Fought on Guadalcanal While Completely Surrounded
On August 20, 1942, twelve Marine dive-bombers and nineteen Marine fighters landed at Guadalcanal. Their mission: defeat the Japanese navy and prevent it from sending more men and supplies to "Starvat...
23 Heinä 202459min
Taiwan’s 100-Year Rise From Japanese Colony to Monopoly Producer of Microchips
When global supply chains were shut down in 2020 and messily rebooted after COVID lockdowns ceased, one island nation emerged as the most important player in getting critical components to factories a...
18 Heinä 202443min
When States Rights Were Emancipatory and Federalism was Restrictive: The Interbellum Constitution of 1812-1865
Today, the words “federalism” and “originalism” are bandied about in the news almost daily, but to get at the underpinnings of these modern interpretations of constitutional law, it is essential to lo...
16 Heinä 202448min
