Unlike Mathew Brady’s gruesome images of war, Roger Fenton’s photographs from the Crimean War show camp life and pomp.
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‘Something Dark and Bloody’: What Happened at My Lai?
U.S. Army lieutenant William Calley was court-martialed for the tragic March 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam. But was war itself to blame?
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War of 1812: Detroit Showdown
In 1812, brash young British commander Isaac Brock took on the aging American hero William Hull. One of them earned victory laurels, the other a death sentence.
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Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Spy
How the headmaster of a Washington boys’ school became a Rebel spy—and tried to kidnap Lincoln
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Hitler’s Secret Attack on the World’s Largest Fort
In 1940 a few dozen glider-borne paratroopers spearheaded Germany’s invasion of the Low Countries
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From the Dossier: Pericles
Notes on the life and legacy of Pericles, renowned commander and orator of ancient Greece
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The War List: Commanders From the Age of Sail
James L. Nelson gives proper credit to overlooked naval geniuses
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Fighting Words: The Language of Cruelty
MHQ’s lexicographer Christine Ammer explains the origin of words associated with wartime atrocities
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MHQ Reader Comments: Rommel’s Drive
Readers respond to MHQ’s Summer 2012 issue and the magazine’s new print design and Kindle version