15+ hour, 28+ min ago  (573+ words) Horse transport in Cuba in the 1990s. Source/Attribution: Nick, available here. The 1980s: An Economy Built on Soviet Generosity During the 1980s, Cuba's economy was deeply integrated into the socialist bloc. The Soviet Union provided substantial subsidies through preferential trade terms " buying…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (303+ words) It's history podcasts. com explains some of modern history's most important events concisely and quickly. We produce history podcasts as part of our 'History in 28-minutes' series, develop a blog, create a magazine called 'History is Now', and write books…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (679+ words) There have been many recounts and analyses of how then-U. S. President John F. Kennedy responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis " the name given to the 13 days in October 1962 that were rife with political and military tension between the United States and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (691+ words) The military challenge coin is one of the most deeply entrenched artifacts in modern military culture. Today, you will find these custom-minted metallic medallions traded by four-star generals, deployed infantrymen, and even civilian corporate executives. If you ask anyone in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (233+ words) Hedy Lamarr for the film Ziegfeld Girl in 1941. Available here. In August 1933, Hedy married Friedrich "Fritz" Mandl, a wealthy industrialist and Austrian arms manufacturer (1). Hedy converted to Fritz's Roman Catholic faith. "Fritz, because of his business dealings, associated with Europe's…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (534+ words) The usual line is that Suleiman wanted Malta as a springboard for invading Sicily. That may have been part of the calculation, but the campaign was also about prestige and about ending the Hospitaller raids that had been irritating Istanbul…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) The South Atlantic's Bouvet Island doesn't have deadly'snakes, un-contacted tribes, the risk of'radiation'poisoning or past'human'wartime horrors. It's story is frozen in the harsh climate that envelopes the island and some of its greatest mysteries lost in the dangerous weather conditions…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1748+ words) Aviatrix Mary Jayne Gold came from a prominent Chicago family. Under the Gestapo's nose in Marseilles, she helped save thousands from Hitler's concentration camps, all while carrying out a brazen l'affaire de guerre with a cutthroat French-American commando. In part…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (100+ words) In the quiet area of Runnymede in England, there is a small piece of land that is not quite England. In fact, if you venture onto it, then you are walking on American soil. Steve Prout explains in this short…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (100+ words) In the quiet area of Runnymede in England, there is a small piece of land that is not quite England. In fact, if you venture onto it, then you are walking on American soil. Steve Prout explains in this short…...