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[[File: Banner2.png]] <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Privateering.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]==Articles====During the War 1812, US and Canadian privateers fought Here are of our most of the naval battles between the United States and Great Britain. These privateers were comprised of captains who were motivated by the promise of profit to fight for their countries. There was a strong legal framework in both the United States and Great Britain that normalized piracy. Canadian and American ship owners and investors took advantage of it and funded privateering outfits during the war. Needless to say, privateers were incredibly risky investmentsnewest articles.{{Read more#dpl:category=Wikis|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kertcount=10}}
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<div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Cayleff.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]==[[Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff]]==Booklists====At the very end of the 19th Century, a new system called naturopathy was created by Benedict and Louisa Stroebel Lust. Unlike many of the 19th Century medical systems created, naturopathy has persevered to this day. Naturopathic healing was founded and based on number of influences including botanics, hydrotherapy, eclecticism, temperance and vegetarianismHere are our most recent booklists. {{Read more#dpl:category=Booklists|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleffcount=15}}
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<div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:British_Lancers.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px]]==[[Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?]]==Book Reviews====The Battle Here are some of the Somme or the Somme Offensive was a series of battles that occurred during the Summer and Autumn of 1916. It involved British and French forces launching a massive assault on the German lines in an effort to break the stalemate on the Western Front. The Battle was primarily a battle between the Germans and the British. The offensive achieved very little and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The British only advanced a few miles and the German lines held. The stalemate was not broken by the offensiveour most recent book reviews. {{Read more#dpl:category=Book Review|Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:French_soldiers.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px]]==[[Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist]]== United States History ====The First World War was an incredibly destructive and wide ranging catastrophe. Not only did it dramatically change the map of Europe and the world and it led to further instability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in human history. There has long been a debate about the exact cause of the First World War. The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand triggered the war but its ultimate causes were far more complex. {{Read more#dpl:category= United States History |ordermethod=firstedit|Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklistorder=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Engineeringvictory.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.]]Renaissance History====Logistics win wars. Logistics is the coordination of complex operations such as moving, housing and supplying troops and their equipment. War is the ultimate test of any logistician. During the Civil War, the Union troops fought almost the entire war in the South. Thomas F. Army, Jr. argues in his new book Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War published by Johns Hopkins University Press that the Union's engineering prowess during Civil War gave it an distinct advantage over the Confederacy.{{Read more#dpl:category=Renaissance History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Shantytown_USA.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goff]]History of Religion====The Harvard University Press recently published Lisa Goff's new book Shantytown, USA: Forgotten Landscapes of the Working Poor. There's a chance that one of your American ancestors lived in an American shantytown. While we may not realize it now, shantytowns were a common feature of 19th century America. Goff's book explores not only how shantytowns became a prominent feature of America's towns and cities, but why middle class Americans eventually turned on them and their residents. {{Read more#dpl:category=Religious History|Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goffordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:portraitbowie.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?]]Russian History====Directly or indirectly, Jim Bowie’s enigmatic illness resulted from his own actions. A hearty man of six feet in height, Bowie was a walking contradiction; a slave trader who fought for freedom, a generous and congenial man who called out his thunderous temper on a whim, and a commanding leader who was prone to binges of sloppy drunkenness.{{Read more#dpl:category=Russian History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Young_boxers_fresco,_Akrotiri,_Greece.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did modern boxing emerge?]]Medical History ====Boxing is one of the oldest sports known to us. From very early historical records, to its professional development in the last century, and modern prizefights, the sport has become a global phenomenon watched by millions. Although modern boxing has a lot of similarities with its ancient cousin, the mix with television, big money, and big personalities has forever changed the sport.{{Read more#dpl:category= Medical History |ordermethod=firstedit|How did modern boxing emerge?order=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:AlexanderTheGreat_Bust.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]====[[Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist]]History of Science and Technology ====Creating a top ten list for books on Alexander the Great is not easy, since few ancient historical figures have been written about as much. Everything from his complex personality and his sexual life to his military and logistical tactics have been analyzed by historians. Alexander, simply put, stands out as unique among ancient historical figures for having so much detailed assessment made on his life and times. {{Read more#dpl:category= History of Science and Technology |ordermethod=firstedit|Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklistorder=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:grant.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]====[[Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End the American Civil War?]]====January 1, 1863 marked a pivotal moment in the American Civil War. On this date the Emancipation Proclamation, the preliminary of which was issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, took full and permanent effect, thus changing the Union’s ultimate war goal. Once the aim of the war changed for the Union, so too did its leaders. The harsh and unpopular actions that were necessary to prevent the prolonged bloody carnage of continual war were tasked to three men: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. {{Read more|Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End the #dpl:category=Civil War?|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}
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====[[What Factors Led to the Creation of the First Cities?]]Political History ====The rise of cities in the ancient Near East during the fourth millennium BC (4000-3000 BC) is a key event in the history of the world, as urban patterns that first arose there became patterns inherited in many societies, including in the West. Cities in the ancient Near East were the first to develop major temples, palaces, large urban dwelling areas, city walls, governments, and religious authorities that become features seen in later cities. {{Read more#dpl:category= Political History |ordermethod=firstedit|What Factors Led to the Creation of the First Cities?order=descending|count=8}}
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====[[Why was France defeated in 1940?]]Religious History ====In September 1939, the Nazi War Machine invaded Poland and World War II began. France and its Britain declared against Nazi Germany in 1939. The French army was in theory as strong as the Germanys and it had a vast Empire and a sophisticated arms industry. It had also established a series of fortifications in the east of the country, known as the Maginot Line. The Line was designed to keep German forces out of France.{{Read more#dpl:category= Religious History |ordermethod=firstedit|Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War?order=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====[[Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers]]19th Century History====Johns Hopkins University Press has recently published Len Traver's new book Hodges' Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War. Travers' book examines a group of colonial scouts who were ambushed on a patrol in upstate New York by French and Native American soldiers during the French and Indian War. Travers uses this massacre to explore the lives of the colonists who fought, died and even survived this massacre.{{Read more#dpl:category=19th Century History|ordermethod=firstedit| Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Traversorder=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era Renaissance History Top Ten Booklist]]====Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Most of these books are focused on trying to define this era as whole, instead of focusing on a single issue. In other words, several of these books are seeking to create a grand narrative of the era to help their readers understand it. {{Read more#dpl:category=Renaissance History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklistcount=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====[[The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson]]Sports History====In 2014, the New York Times published a brief interview with noted Civil War historian James McPherson, The George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. McPherson is considered to be the dean of Civil War historians. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning book Battle Cry of Freedom which is the best overview of the Civil War.{{Read more#dpl:category=Sports History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|The Best Historians and Books According to James McPhersoncount=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====[[Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminski]]Legal History====The Oxford University Press recently published Theresa Kaminski's Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II. Kaminski's book follows the lives of four American women who were stranded in the Philippines after Japan invaded during World War II. Publishers Weekly described her book as a "fast-paced true story" that documents how these women resisted Japanese occupation. {{Read more#dpl:category=Legal History| Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminskiordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====World War II==Articles==Here are some of our most recently created and edited articles.{{#dpl:category=WikisWorld War Two History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}
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==Interviews==These are our interviews with historians discussing their new books.European History===={{#dpl:category=InterviewsEuropean History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=78}}
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