Snarky Historian of the Day goes to Gerhard Weinberg and this snippet from his venerable tome “A World at War:” “The Italians had halted after
Tag: Historical musings
Paranoia Agent and Japan’s Role in the War: Responsibility vs Victim-hood
Presenting another part of my thesis, Echoes on Celluloid: The Historical Memory of WWII as Seen Through Japanese Anime. The chapter posted below is an
A Student Comments on the Zapruder Film
After viewing the film, one of my students reflects: “That’s what love will get you, Miss – a lap full of brains.”
Dear Mom: Granddaddy Bill Tries His Hand at Poetry
Found scribbled on the back of a memo was this amusing little verse. An internet search turned up no other versions of it, so perhaps
Organized Crime in Dallas, Texas, and the Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
New research on how Jack Ruby, the murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald, was intimately tied to Dallas Organized Crime.
Anime and WWII: The Connection
Japan’s actions during and the Second World War are well known, as is the following American occupation and the ways in which the Japanese economy
