Libya’s Revolution in Perspective
1969–2000
The September 1, 1969 coup in Libya that brought Libya’s young military officers to power put an end to the Sanusi kingdom—at the time universally considered as anachronistic. But while the general expectation … Read the article
March 9, 1862 saw the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (CSS Virginia)—one of the most well-known battles of the Civil War and the “first battle between ironclad war ships.”
From John R. Eggleston, … Read the article
President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March 4, 1861 Inaugural Address (click on image below to view, credit: Library of Congress)
President Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address (click on image below to view, credit: Library of Congress)
President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March … Read the article
The man who named that flag, Francis Scott Key, witnessed the Battle of Baltimore aboard a sixty-foot sloop in the harbor. How Key found himself in the harbor while the battle raged is an intriguing and not … Read the article
In his April 14, 1986 address to the nation on the United States Air Strike Against Libya, President Reagan reported:
“At 7 o’clock this evening eastern time air and naval forces of the United States launched … Read the article
October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber killed 241 Marines in Beirut.
Just a few days later, October 25, 1983, U.S. Force invaded Grenada.
October 27, 1983, President Reagan addressed the nation, about Grenada and Beirut:
“This past … Read the article
Nearly 28,000 people braved the rain to watch the New York Giants play the Detroit Lions at N.Y. Polo Grounds on a miserable November day in 1941. The Giants, who had started the season a perfect 5–0, … Read the article
On a hill just inland from the invasion beaches of Sicily, a soldier sits on a rock. His helmet is off; and the hot sunshine glints through his coppery hair. With the sleeve of his shirt … Read the article
“WHAT’S A GUY GOTTA DO TO DIE?”
Bastogne
December 19, 1944–January 3, 1945
In some ways, my war ended in Bastogne. In some ways it began there. The first day was surprisingly quiet. Eerily quiet, … Read the article
My previous novel Roma followed the fortunes of a single family through the first thousand years of the city’s existence, from its beginnings as an Iron Age trading post to its domination of the Mediterranean world and … Read the article
