In 1921, Margaret Gorman Cahill became the first person to win this.
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Documentary Filmmaker Jessica Sherry
The filmmaker examines the origins of the John Frum cargo cult on the South Pacific island of Tanna
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Carthaginian War Elephant
Hannibal took 37 Carthaginian war elephants on his legendary 218 BC crossing of the Alps
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Why Hannibal Lost
The Carthaginian commander ruled the battlefield but never understood his role in the broader political struggle
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Letter From Military History – May 2016
Where the power resides in a military force is paramount
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Book Review: European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802
Editor Frederick Shneid culls insights from Napoleonic scholars about the period’s European armies
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Book Review: The German War
Oxford professor Nicholas Stargardt takes a candid look at life in Germany under the Third Reich
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Book Review: Target Tokyo
James Scott looks at the April 1942 raid on Japan’s Home Islands, its aftermath and its impact
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Book Review: Hubris
Historian Alastair Horne considers the impact of hubris on military campaigns of the 20th century
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Book Review: Genghis Khan
Frank McLynn has taken great pains to separate fact from myth in his biography of Genghis Khan