The Battle of Shiloh, Part 1: I “Would Fight Them If They Were A Million”
Chris Calton details the buildup to the Battle of Shiloh.
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The Battle of Pea Ridge, Part 2: Elkhorn Tavern
Chris Calton outlines the fighting at Elkhorn Tavern during the Battle of Pea Ridge, and how the grim conflict ended.
The Battle of Pea Ridge, Part 1: Confederate Disaster at Leetown
Chris Calton recounts how the Confederate forces were defeated at Leetown—despite greatly outnumbering their Union opponents.
The Emergence of Grant, Part 4: Unconditional Surrender
After Grant pushes the Confederates back to Fort Donelson, the southern leaders must decide whether to attempt escape or surrender.
The Emergence of Grant, Part 3: Fort Donelson
Chris Calton details Ulysses S. Grant's attack on Fort Donelson by land and water.
Our Greatest Presidents?
The professional custodians of American views of history have always named the same presidents as "great." It's always the presidents who abused power frequently, and expanded government power the most.
The Emergence of Grant, Part 2: Fort Henry
Chris Calton recounts a victory that would give the Union access to the Confederate heartland—the capture of Fort Henry.
“Progressive” Attacks on Capitalism Were Key to Hitler’s Success
Mises wrote this essay in 1940 from Geneva, where he lived after Nazis forced him out of Austria and his apartment was ransacked by German troops.
The Emergence of Grant, Part 1: Finding the Gateway
Chris Calton details Ulysses S. Grant's early actions in the Civil War.
Stephen Walt Wants Libertarians To Join Forces with Foreign-Policy Realists
Disagreements between libertarians and realists are a problem. But in the current interventionist-dominated environment, the disagreements don't strike me as an especially big problem — at least for now.
