Conrad Meyer Zulick at first did not accept his appointment as governor of the Arizona Territory for this reason.
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Daily Quiz for March 6, 2011
This human-rights advocate brought the first Akita dog from Japan to the United States.
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Daily Quiz for March 5, 2011
Albert Einstein was a citizen of these three different countries – some at the same time.
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Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30: Russia’s World War II Sniper Rifle
Russia’s Mosin-Nagant Model 1891/30 was bulky and crude but deadly accurate. It proved murderously successful.
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Hand Signals: The Vocabulary of Battlefield Stealth
Soldiers have long appreciated the use of hand signals as a means of silent communication on the front lines.
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Interview: Gideon Rose / How Wars End
Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose dedicates his book How Wars End, “To “the victims of bad planning.”
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Daily Quiz for March 4, 2011
The world’s first "test-tube baby" was born in this country in 1978.
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MacArthur’s Troubled History Project
The production of MacArthur’s official command history went awry as editors pursued their own agendas. Judge the results for yourself.
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Letter from Military History – May 2011
The motivations behind warfare are many, from a sense of patriotism to the chance for adventure and perhaps darker reasons.
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Blackbeard’s Last Battle
Long before the Somali pirates, there was Blackbeard. In 1718, he met his match in a former British privateer.