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Why Obama underestimated ISIL in Syria and Iraq by Juan Cole "Obama gets it right that ISIL is a political problem, not primarily a military one. But he gets it wrong that it is rooted in primordial identity politics."

Practice of beheading not limited to Islamic State by Jonathan Zimmerman Beheading is as old as human civilization itself.

Keeping the White House Open by Jeff Shesol The White House has fortified itself by degrees. Fences grew higher and more imposing, gates were closed, windows were filled with bulletproof glass, walls were reinforced, security checkpoints were installed.

From Robespierre to ISIS by Gertrude Himmelfarb Edmund Burke’s war on terror—and ours.

The war on high-school history classes is a whole new level of dumb by Jeb Lund Colorado’s school board and the American conservative movement in general are trying to pretend history never happened.

The Wilderness Act Turns 50 by William deBuys Celebrating the Great Laws of 1964

Hirohito: String Puller, Not Puppet by Herbert P. Bix The Japanese government’s new biography perpetuates the false but persistent myth of a benign, passive figurehead.

What Bill O’Reilly ignored about George Patton by Richard Cohen "How O’Reilly could have written 335 pages on Patton and not have mentioned his repellentanti-Semitism and its impact on the DPs is beyond me."

The Instrumentalisation of History by Dr Huw J Davies In reality, history can be misleading, its so-called ‘lessons’ proving counter-productive if their context is not properly understood.

How Not To Understand ISIS by Alireza Doostdar Sensationalist accounts of “shari‘a justice” notwithstanding, we do not have much information about how ISIS administers the lives of millions of people who reside in the territories it now controls.

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Kissinger Considered Attack on Cuba Following Angola Incursion "I think we are going to have to smash Castro," Kissinger tells President Ford

Historians Rip O'Reilly's New Patton Book Several historians who have researched Patton's life told Media Matters no real evidence exists to support O'Reilly's claim that the general's death was the result of a conspiracy by former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Submarine H.L. Hunley’s Hull Is Slowly Becoming Visible After soaking for three months in 55,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide to loosen the sand, sediment and rust that comprises the concretion, conservators began carefully probing the outside of the hull in early August.

First Live Webcam in the Washington Monument Once again the National Park Service has partnered with EarthCam to bring live views of iconic U.S. monuments to the world.

Japan remembers tragic sinking of Ottoman ship 540 Ottoman sailors drowned on September 16, 1890 when the Ertugrul Firkateyni sank on its return journey.

ISIS selling Iraq’s artifacts in black market Speaking at a conference at the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO in Paris, France's ambassador to UNESCO Philippe Lalliot warned that Iraq’s cultural heritage is in “great danger.”

At the White House, a Long Line of Unwelcome Guests Presidents have faced astonishing breaches at “the people’s house,” long before an intruder with a knife managed to slip past security and run around the State Floor this month.

A Look at Lincoln, in Photo and Print Now approaching next year’s 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination comes a new book that for the first time gathers together all of the 130 known photographs of the 16th president.

In Creating ‘Martyrs’ Day,’ China Promotes a Vision of the Past Eager to bolster patriotism at a time of growing tensions with neighboring countries, China will celebrate a new holiday for the first time on Tuesday to memorialize people who died in battle against foreign powers.

Should We Continue to Prosecute Nazi War Criminals? Most observers call for a no-holds-barred hunt for the Holocaust perpetrators who have evaded justice for decades, but others point to their old age, legal issues and difficulty in proving the crimes, arguing that after nearly 80 years, the pursuit should come to a conclusion.

This CIA map shows which countries have youngest populations Could this be a map of world trouble spots?