The Attack on the USS Liberty
Phillip Tourney provides a first-hand account of the 1967 USS Liberty incident.
U.S. History
Displaying 171 - 180 of 3553
The Marshall Plan Slush Fund: Cronyism for US Exporters
Did the Marshall Plan save Europe or enrich crony capitalists? Patrick Newman discusses how corporate welfare, hidden deals, and corruption shaped postwar policy, with effects still felt today.
Charles Beard and American Foreign Policy
David Gordon explores historian Charles Beard’s forgotten warnings and their lasting lessons on liberty and foreign policy.
The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War
Why did the South lose the Civil War? Mark Thornton argues Vicksburg—not Gettysburg—was key, revealing how Confederate economic failures sealed their fate.
Engines of Destruction in the Great War: Artillery, Society, War Finance, and the Emergence of the Total State
Hunt Tooley reveals how artillery, arms dealers, and bankers turned war into profitable, prolonged carnage.
How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Scott Horton explains how US foreign policy disasters threaten peace, prosperity, and freedom.
False Virtue: The Phony Rationale for American Military Imperialism
Tom DiLorenzo exposes the dangerous "Treasury of Virtue" that justifies endless wars and imperialism.
The Real Israel vs. Hasbara History
Ilana Mercer addresses Israel’s "Hasbara" myths, exposing harsh truths behind Gaza’s suffering—and the moral complicity of America in enabling atrocities.
MMT, Chartalism, and the Colonial Experience
The MMT crowd now claims that the monetary history of the US is an example of chartalism. US history is actually an example of the opposite.
The Tragedy of War
There are no “good wars,” rather, there are wars with varying degrees of destructiveness. The American War Between the States was especially destructive, and the scars have not fully healed 160 years after it ended.
