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Rogosin argues that the integration of black baseball players into the major leagues was a forerunner of the civil rights movement.

World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, ending that deadly conflict, occurred just over one hundred years ago. For many tod

Edward Mandell House was a erudite, accomplished man who exercised tremendous influence on U.S. politics and world diplomacy in the first tw

August 25 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris.

June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied landings in France that signaled the beginning of the culmination of the Second...

In the closing days of the First World War President Woodrow Wilson reluctantly agreed to send several thousand U.S. soldiers to Russia

I had a hard time putting down John Dos Passos journalistic work Tour of Duty.

I went to the Sicily-Rome American cemetery at Nettuno east of Anzio to pay tribute to many of my fellow Texans of the 36th Division.

This history of the little-known battle to free Manila from Japanese occupation in early 1945 is little known among the American public.

Contrary to my expectations, Venice was stunning. If you look past the gaping masses the city cannot but impress and awe you.

Eugene Sledge’s “With the Old Breed,” is a visceral account of his days island hopping across the Pacific as a U.S. Marine in 1944-45.

John Graham Patterson was a great uncle on my mother’s side. He was affectionately known by most as “Uncle Johnnie.” Johnnie was born in...

Benn Steil wrote this timely piece about the magnanimous, yet strategically astute, European Recovery Program, known popularly as the...

Well researched and well-written account of the attempt by Harry Truman to bring peace to China in the years after WWII. Unable to...

While recently watching the Netflix series “The Crown” I was delighted to see a segment where Queen Elizabeth, in a Christmas address to...

If you read any of my other blogs connected to the Mediterranean you know that when I get around, I want to see the history of the region...

One of the unique lost treasures of old Austin was the baseball diamond known as Clark Field that sat directly across the street from DKR...

At the beginning of baseball season each year in April there are no shortage of tributes to Jackie Robinson...

For well over three hundred years the currency of choice in East and Southeast Asia was the Mexican Silver Dollar...

In the opening pages of my novel, Above the Water, the protagonist Harry engages in dialogue..,