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Subject: Historians who make stupid mistakes
Date Posted: 11/28/2011 7:55 PM ET
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When I was much younger, I considered myself an expert on the American War of the Rebellion (as Lincoln always called the Civil War). Then a highschool/college buddy asked me to fly north to attend a conference on "Command and Control at Gettysburg." I went onl more...
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Date Posted: 12/10/2011 10:28 AM ET
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As a historian, I can tell you that as long as humans are writing books it i more...
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Date Posted: 12/11/2011 3:08 PM ET
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My favorite historical error was not made by a historian, but by a poet, John Keats (1795-1821).   It occurs in the sonnet Keats penned after an evening he and a friend spent, rapturously, reading Chapman's translat more...
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Date Posted: 12/11/2011 3:38 PM ET
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That is a good one, Bonnie. I did not know the history more...
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Date Posted: 1/21/2012 10:14 PM ET
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I am currently reading Danger's Hour by Maxwell Kennedy. It is the story of the USS Bunker Hill, a fleet carrier dur more...
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Date Posted: 6/4/2012 10:51 PM ET
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Here is an interesting one that gives me difficulty understanding how the historian made the mistake. I'm reading Harold more...
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Date Posted: 10/16/2012 4:46 PM ET
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A mistake that is common, if written by someone not interested in architectural o more...
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Date Posted: 2/18/2013 11:34 PM ET
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Rich Relations by David Reynolds covers the 'American occupation' of Britain during 194 more...
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Date Posted: 3/5/2013 6:23 PM ET
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The Afternoon of the Rising Sun. I was really looking forward to this book, but encountered problems almost from the fi more...
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Date Posted: 5/4/2014 9:14 PM ET
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It has been over a year since I made a contribution to this thread. Mostly because I've been too busy to list the very few errors I more...
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Date Posted: 2/12/2017 1:17 PM ET
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Well, I haven't posted anything here in almost three years, and that's good. It means his more...
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Date Posted: 3/29/2017 7:45 PM ET
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I just finished reading Preemptive Strike by Alan Armstrong more...
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Date Posted: 5/19/2017 5:26 AM ET
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While the Internet is a vital means of communicating today, it also seems to set new lows in journalistic standards. I don't need to describe all the reasons why, I suspect you already know. I often find some of the news, especially historical news, in it amus more...
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Date Posted: 5/21/2017 2:44 PM ET
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Here's another good example of interest more...
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Date Posted: 5/27/2017 3:40 PM ET
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Windows 10 News does it again. May 27th, 1703....   "Tsa more...
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Date Posted: 5/29/2017 2:18 PM ET
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Windows 10 does it again! In a story on Windows 10 news, regarding Memorial Day, it reported on the cleanup of a forgotten soldier' more...
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Date Posted: 9/16/2017 2:24 PM ET
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One of the books I'm currently reading is Operation Storm: Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Their Plan to Change the Course of World War II.  It is an interesti more...
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Date Posted: 10/5/2017 8:25 PM ET
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I just finished reading a Civil War biography/history I wish I hadn't star more...
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Date Posted: 10/22/2017 1:12 PM ET
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While I give Thaddeus Tuleja's American History in 100 Nutshells a nice review, he did make a more...
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Date Posted: 11/2/2017 9:18 PM ET
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Why it is authors can't take the time to look up information on Wikipedia, and confirm it elsewhere before putting incorrect information in their books? I just finished reading The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan, 1941-1945. While I want to say this is an excellent book, I'm biased, as I l more...
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Date Posted: 1/1/2018 10:45 PM ET
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Date Posted: 1/1/2018 10:47 PM ET
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I recently finished Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage by Joseph Persico.  While an interesting book, more...
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Date Posted: 1/13/2018 3:53 AM ET
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Windows 10 does it again!   This from its Today in History on January 13th. "The first Anglo-Afghan War th more...
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Date Posted: 1/23/2018 8:07 PM ET
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Here is another fun 'history' book which will keep you amused  more...
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Date Posted: 2/4/2018 2:39 PM ET
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If you had to list on a final exam "the most staggering and un more...
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