History Intrigue for June

By Rick Morris

We are introducing a new feature in The FDH Lounge, entitled History Intrigue.  We’re going to be flagging interesting-looking tidbits of a historical level.  While part of this is just going to come from general web surfing, many links each time are courtesy of Real Clear History, who does a great job aggregating for this topic just like all the others in the Real Clear brand.

We always work to be class acts in our own aggregation, so we’ll always give a mention of the site involved in the link.

^ From The American Conservative, how Teddy Roosevelt unilaterally yanked this country off of its original orientation towards the pursuit of overseas empire.

^ From The Economist, the Apollo program at age 50.

^ From Der Spiegel, how the initial postwar West German government was infiltrated at all levels by ex-Nazis.

^ From Falklands Info, why Britain won the Falklands War.

^ From Smithsonian Magazine, the law that made the Civil War inevitable.

^ From the UK Guardian, Winston Churchill’s plans for postwar Germany.

^ From American Heritage, the origins of Jim Crow laws.

^ From the History Channel, the origins of the Hatfields-McCoys feud.

^ From the New Republic, Dwight Eisenhower’s approach to realism.

^ From Stratfor, why a geographically isolated country like Australia has been in so many wars.