History Intrigue for September

By Rick Morris

Welcome to our third version of this 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 Athens Observer, poking through the mystery of the assassination of Huey Long.

^ From the Wall Street Journal, the untold story of Strom Thurmond.

^ From the Washington Times, Bill Rusher, founding father of modern conservatism.

^ From the UK Independent, how the Mossad got revenge for Munich.

^ From Human Events, the Top 5 underrated US presidents.

^ From the UK Guardian, the horrific start of the London Blitz in 1940.

^ From USHistory.org, the story of the First Continental Congress.

^ From Found SF, the Chinatown gang war of 1977.

^ From The American Conservative, a shocking view of Jack Kerouac.

^ From The American Conservative, the fascinating career of Jeane Kirkpatrick.