History Intrigue for December

By Rick Morris

Welcome to our fourth 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 Lubbock Online, a historian claims that Texas triggered the Civil War.

^ From the Washington Times, reliving Woody Hayes’ Waterloo at the ’78 Gator Bowl.

^ From Human Events, how the Founding Fathers formed the basis of the US economy.

^ From Common-Place, the fascinating rivalry between Madison and Monroe.

^ From the Economist, how a hero who stood up against Soviet oppression, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, spoke truth to power.

^ From Guru Focus, how Montgomery Ward ultimately failed.

^ From Sports Illustrated, why the Colts-Giants NFL Title tilt of 1958 is considered by some the best football game ever.

^ From Hardball Times, pondering what would have happened if the Babe Ruth trade was never executed.

^ From Michael Johns, the importance of “Charlie Wilson’s War” in Afghanistan.

^ From The American Conservative, what the Russian leader who beat Napoleon can teach America.