History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » Foreign Affairs http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:27:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Triumph of the Will? Japan After 1853 http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853 http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:27:06 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684970 Last week we asked the Japanese army a somewhat sarcastic question: What were you guys thinking?

I'd argue that the Japanese decisions of 1931, 1937, and 1941 make almost no sense unless we delve back a bit into Japanese history. …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/triumph-of-the-will-japan-after-1853.htm/feed 4 White Death, Part 2: The Winter War http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-death-part-2-the-winter-war http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:30:49 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684665 Last time out we were discussing the Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland during the winter of 1939–40. As we saw, a combination of Soviet bullying and Finland's refusal to be bullied had typical consequences for …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-2-the-winter-war.htm/feed 2 White Death, part 1 http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-death-part-1 http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:53:23 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684615 Ah, it's that time of year again. There is a chill in the air, even down here in Texas. The leaves are starting to turn color. The Beaujolais Nouveau is being released today. The holiday season is about to begin, …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/white-death-part-1.htm/feed 5 Moshe Dayan Sounds the Alarm in Vietnam http://www.historynet.com/moshe-dayan-sounds-the-alarm-in-vietnam-3.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moshe-dayan-sounds-the-alarm-in-vietnam-3 http://www.historynet.com/moshe-dayan-sounds-the-alarm-in-vietnam-3.htm#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:27:45 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684225 http://www.historynet.com/moshe-dayan-sounds-the-alarm-in-vietnam-3.htm/feed 1 Interview with 'Wild Bill' Donovan Biographer Douglas Waller http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-wild-bill-donovan-biographer-douglas-waller.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-wild-bill-donovan-biographer-douglas-waller http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-wild-bill-donovan-biographer-douglas-waller.htm#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:46:39 +0000 David Lauterborn http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684198 http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-wild-bill-donovan-biographer-douglas-waller.htm/feed 1 The War's Lost Souls—and the Birth of a Nation http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wars-lost-souls%25e2%2580%2594and-the-birth-of-a-nation http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:01:24 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683787

In 1945, tens of millions of displaced persons, DPs, filled Germany and Western Europe. Many came from France, the Low Countries, and Italy, but most were Eastern Europeans. In The Long Road Home, historian Ben Shephard, who produced the documentary …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-wars-lost-souls%e2%80%94and-the-birth-of-a-nation.htm/feed 0 The Heydrich Equation http://www.historynet.com/the-heydrich-equation.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-heydrich-equation http://www.historynet.com/the-heydrich-equation.htm#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:59:47 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683784 http://www.historynet.com/the-heydrich-equation.htm/feed 11 A Family Memoir Brings Italy's Eastern Front Tragedy to Light http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:56:21 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683574

Ten years ago, retired teacher Hope Hamilton began a memoir about her two Italian uncles that turned into a groundbreaking book. Sacrifice on the Steppe: The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign 1942–43 is the first comprehensive exploration …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/a-family-memoir-brings-italys-eastern-front-tragedy-to-light.htm/feed 4 Lisbon: Harbor of Hope and Intrigue http://www.historynet.com/lisbon-harbor-of-hope-and-intrigue.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lisbon-harbor-of-hope-and-intrigue http://www.historynet.com/lisbon-harbor-of-hope-and-intrigue.htm#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:55:53 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683579 http://www.historynet.com/lisbon-harbor-of-hope-and-intrigue.htm/feed 0 The Walls Have Ears http://www.historynet.com/the-walls-have-ears.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-walls-have-ears http://www.historynet.com/the-walls-have-ears.htm#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:05:21 +0000 Robert M. Citino http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683539 People committed a lot of crimes in World War II. Some were huge, earth-shattering, and we are still living with the consequences. Atrocity. Murder. Mass murder. Others were…smaller.

Consider, if you will, the "crime" of eavesdropping.

There may indeed have …

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