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These were tried, and although the charges were not explained, and the accused did not have representation, they were convicted and executed on December 26, 1862, in what is still the largest mass hanging in U.S. history—of members of a sovereign nation who had risen up to expel foreign invaders from their homeland.
David Treuer • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Shrunk from thirty teams to four after World War II, the UDTs’ narrow role of beach reconnaissance and demolition had devolved into a collage of extracurricular Navy assignments: collecting postblast radioactive water samples; exploding ship paths through Antarctic ice; even ignominiously standing duty as base lifeguards. Given this misuse—misuse t
... See moreBenjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
patriarchal colonization, in how the sexuality of the indigenous population as a whole—its entire productive and reproductive capacity—commands the attention of the colonial-military state.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Asians weren’t just free from Japan, they were increasingly envisioning themselves as free from all foreign rule. On August 15 the nationalist leader Sukarno declared Indonesia’s independence. On September 2, the same day MacArthur was giving his speech, Ho Chi Minh did the same for Vietnam. Four days later, the People’s Republic of Korea announced
... See moreDaniel Immerwahr • How to Hide an Empire
Some 11,500 Americans and 64,000 Filipinos fell into enemy hands. The transfer of these debilitated men to cages became known to history as the Bataan Death March.
Max Hastings • Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
This is America, we would say to ourselves, there is no need to worry. And we would be wrong.