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U.S. Naval Academy history professor Craig Symonds talked about the military story leading up to and including the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. He respon…

Lincoln and Civil War scholars debated why the Civil War didn’t end in 1861, the year that it began. They discussed why the numerous advantages of the Union did not bring the war to a swift …

Authors talked about their books on the Civil War. They responded to questions from members of the audience. “Civil War Perspectives” was a panel of the ninth annual Annapolis Book Festival,…

When Abraham Lincoln took office in 1861, he admitted that he knew “little about ships.” Yet the first military crisis he faced prior to the start of the Civil War occurred in the Charleston…