Confederate Medical Case Review: Avoiding Surgery for Battle Wounds (Confederate States Medical Journal Part 2)
Confederate Civil War Surgeons were not always quick to operate on patients. Civil War Surgeons were more conservative in their decision to operate, even studying the effect of avoiding surgery.
The Medical and Surgical Journal of the Confederate States. (Part 1)
The Confederate Medical Department made strides to modernize medicine during the Civil War. While most of their work was lost forever during the Richmond Evacuation Fire in April, 1865, the Medical and Surgical Journal of the Confederate States gives us a valuable look into the discoveries and advancements made by the department during the war. Check out Part 1 here. In Part 2 I will delve deeper into the actual medical literature contained inside.
Calm Before the Storm: A difficult situation for both armies before the Battle of Liege, 1914.
German apprehension to invade neutral Belgium in 1914 failed to change their plans.
1914: The Battle of Liege Part One
The Battle of Liege, which occurred in August 1914, kicked off World War I on the Western Front. The Belgian forts were no match for German modern firepower. Decades of planning left the Belgians ill-prepared for what was to come.
The Modern American Interventionist Playbook: Woodrow Wilson’s 1915 Haiti Invasion
American foreign policy has largely been a disaster. Besides that point, the United States' playbook for future foreign policy endeavors was scribbled into play by Woodrow Wilson and his 1915 invasion of Haiti. Most people aren’t even aware this unhappy chapter occurred, but it did in the early phase of America’s rising global dominance.
