History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Gathering Storm http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 History we can chew on http://www.historynet.com/history-we-can-chew-on-2.htm http://www.historynet.com/history-we-can-chew-on-2.htm#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:51:30 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684035 If we want the young to learn history, we must find appealing ways to teach it


The Lincoln restaurant offers this large white leather banquette as an inviting version of the president's perch at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo courtesy of …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/history-we-can-chew-on-2.htm/feed 0 Harold Holzer on the best and worst civil war books http://www.historynet.com/harold-holzer-on-the-best-and-worst-civil-war-books.htm http://www.historynet.com/harold-holzer-on-the-best-and-worst-civil-war-books.htm#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 14:26:41 +0000 Marty Jones http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683604 War Stories
It's time to remember good Civil War lit—and close the door on the bad stuff

Several months ago, literary critic Adam Kirsch—full disclosure: he's my son-in-law—published an essay in the New York Times voicing concern about recent decisions …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/harold-holzer-on-the-best-and-worst-civil-war-books.htm/feed 1 Secession - Revisionism or Reality http://www.historynet.com/secession-revisionism-or-reality.htm http://www.historynet.com/secession-revisionism-or-reality.htm#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:01:20 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683431 Secession fever revisited
We can take an honest look at history, or just revise it to make it more palatable

Try this version of history: 150 years ago this spring, North Carolina and Tennessee became the final two Southern states …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/secession-revisionism-or-reality.htm/feed 69 Two Virginias Two Civil Wars http://www.historynet.com/two-virginias-two-civil-wars.htm http://www.historynet.com/two-virginias-two-civil-wars.htm#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:58:49 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683134 Two Virginias, two Civil Wars?
The state in the forefront of war remembrance still argues over what happened

The state of Virginia has been back in the news, again at war with itself and again over issues relating to the …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/two-virginias-two-civil-wars.htm/feed 6 Dred Scott vs. the Law http://www.historynet.com/dred-scott-vs-the-law.htm http://www.historynet.com/dred-scott-vs-the-law.htm#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:15:27 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682288 He signed documents with an "X" and left no known recorded quotes or memoir of his experiences.

Yet because of his determination to be free, we know his name: Dred Scott, the intrepid slave who battled an unjust system through …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/dred-scott-vs-the-law.htm/feed 12 Preston Brooks' Diplomacy http://www.historynet.com/preston-brooks-diplomacy.htm http://www.historynet.com/preston-brooks-diplomacy.htm#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:26:35 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682070 Preston Brooks' big stick diplomacy:
Heated oratory leads to violence in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Senate

With swift, powerful strokes, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks battered the prostrate body in the aisle of the nearly empty U.S. Senate …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/preston-brooks-diplomacy.htm/feed 10 The Impending Crisis Of The South By Hinton R. Helper http://www.historynet.com/hinton-helper-impending-crisis-of-the-south.htm http://www.historynet.com/hinton-helper-impending-crisis-of-the-south.htm#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:45:31 +0000 smock http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681828 http://www.historynet.com/hinton-helper-impending-crisis-of-the-south.htm/feed 14 South Carolina takes on the Feds http://www.historynet.com/south-carolina-takes-on-the-feds.htm http://www.historynet.com/south-carolina-takes-on-the-feds.htm#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:47:44 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681258 http://www.historynet.com/south-carolina-takes-on-the-feds.htm/feed 6 Seeds of conflict http://www.historynet.com/seeds-of-conflict.htm http://www.historynet.com/seeds-of-conflict.htm#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:38:38 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681257 http://www.historynet.com/seeds-of-conflict.htm/feed 7 Missouri Compromise exposed the raw nerve of slavery http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:29:20 +0000 kholland http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681256 http://www.historynet.com/missouri-compromise-exposed-the-raw-nerve-of-slavery.htm/feed 4