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A Brief History of Gambling And Casinos When you take a close look at the origin of Mankind, you will notice that it is parallel…

On Donald Trump’s Dangerous Ideas about Russia, the Soviets, and the Afghanistan Invasion. In his first Cabinet meeting of the new year, President Trump…

Wars of National Liberation: Part 1-American Revolution to World War Two What is a “War of National Liberation?" The precise definition can be argued,…

Ask Historyguy.com is a recent feature where we take questions from you, the reader/visitor to our website, and turn our answers into (hopefully) interesting post…

A new feature of Historyguy.com is taking questions from our website visitors and answering them in a new post article. If you like this feature,…

As the world is learning this morning, George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. …

History is full of wars and conflicts that seem to go on forever. Just look at America’s current wars in Afghanistan (began in 2001) and Iraq (began in 2003), as recent examples. But history is full of very long wars, as well as long series of wars that stretch on for generations. Read the war list of long wars.

A reminder to all that the War in Afghanistan against Islamic militants (the Taliban, al-Qaida, ISIS, and associated groups), is still an ongoing military conflict. …

The Book Review of Michael Conneely’s Druid This is an epic adventure that’s actually the author’s life story which makes it even more compelling. I…

Memorial Day, 2018 finds American forces deployed around the world, engaged in ongoing combat with various Islamic Jihadist militant groups, including al-Qaida, the Taliban, ISIS/ISIL,…