On April 12, 1861, the long-simmering tensions between the American North and South exploded as Southern troops in the seceding state of South Carolina fired on the Federal forces at Fort Sumter in Ch
For the better part of the last half century, the United States has been the World's Police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military actio
For the better part of the last half century, we have been the World’s Police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military action always the m
Everyone knows the story of how the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, but what happened to the fortafter the first shots were fired there? The North wanted to restore Sumter to its rightful place in the