One hundred sixty-two years ago, on November 25, 1863, 18-year-old Lt. Arthur MacArthur picked-up the Union flag from the second…
World War I ended in Russia on March 3, 1918, with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The signatories…
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the origins of the First World War, The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman wrote…
One hundred and eleven years ago this past Saturday (June 28, 1914), Bosnian Serb terrorist Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand,…
In a previous article in The American Spectator, I asked: “Are we at the end of American maritime hegemony?” The…
It is common to regard Christmas as a time of family gatherings, gift giving, and traditions. Today, we often regard…
The last light in the nativity scene has been turned on. The room is dimly lit. Blue and yellow sparkles…
Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets By Michael Korda (Liveright Publications,…
