History Intrigue for October

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 Foreign Policy, the central myth of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

^ From the Marine Corps Times, the American hero who was the only US casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

^ From Global Security, how the bloody Lebanese Civil War of 1975-91 unfolded.

^ From the Wall Street Journal, Ronald Reagan’s secret discussions with Mikhail Gorbachev.

^ From Command Posts, how the USS Cole bombing of 2000 was the last major bin Laden operation before 9/11.

^ From the Globe and Mail, how the War of 1812 was stupid and unnecessary.

^ From Human Events, the five worst vice presidents in history.

^ From Chronicles Magazine, a tale of two disasters in the Balkans and the Middle East.

^ From The American Conservative, how the United States moved from Cold War bulwark to propagator of revolutions around the world.

^ From The American Conservative, examining America’s record in resolving military conflicts after World War II.