# Communism
Quirks and Oddities of Influential People in History
American presidential weirdness, scandal, and battiness is not a new phenomenon, but one that has been around since the country’s…
FRACTURE JAW: The Plan to Nuke North Vietnam
1968 was a bad year for the American war effort in Vietnam, and for general William Westmoreland, the overall US…
These Tough Americans Fought In WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
Some Americans served in the Second World War, then in Korea, and also in Vietnam. For example, Elmo Zumwalt served…
40 Fascinating Facts About the Fabulous Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975) was the first black person to become a world famous entertainer, or to star in…
20 Historical Events Seldom Taught in School
From the twelve year old American child soldier who became a war hero, to the crazy pilot who flew around…
20 Lesser Known History Facts That Captured Attention
History is composed in the main of broad outlines and major stories known by many, and smaller stories and details…
40 Myths and Facts about the War in Vietnam
By any standard one chooses to measure such things, the American war in Vietnam was one of most divisive events…
20 Fascinating Historic Scandals From Around the World
The drumbeat of scandals has been steady and unceasing over the past few years, and you can hardly turn on…
18 Inhumane and Notorious Prisons in History
Some names immediately conjure images in the mind of harsh conditions, surrounded by dangerous, even deadly inmates, desperate men with…
20 Facts that Brutally Highlight the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
Western histories of the Second World War paid scant attention to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 until late in the…