Nadel points to Ohalo II, a site he excavated near the Sea of Galilee that had been submerged for 23, 000 years before a drop in water level made it easy to excavate.

CNN: Mysterious structure found at bottom of ancient lake

Soviet troops defeated the German Sixth Army, in what is considered one of the major turning points of World War II.

BBC: Russia marks 70 years since Battle of Stalingrad

The Bush administration points to Supreme Court decisions during and right after World War II that upheld military tribunals like these.

NPR: High Court Hears Challenge to Military Tribunals

That was America's aim after World War II, during 40 years of Cold War and at high points since.

WSJ: Book Review: The End of Power

There is only one instance since World War II of the U.S economy increasing the employment-population ratio by five percentage points in a decade: the recovery that followed Ronald Reagan's tax cuts in 1983.

WSJ: Henry Olsen: Unemployment: What Would Reagan Do?