Author and Newsweek editor Evan Thomas’ new book The War Lovers relates the ramp-up to the Spanish-American War and the role played by Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge and William Randolph Hearst.
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Letter from Military History – September 2010
To a field army, the weather can be both ally and enemy, playing a pivotal role in the outcome of a conflict.
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Daily Quiz for July 9, 2010
Cavalry commander John Hunt Morgan originally joined the Confederate forces in Kentucky in this role.
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Daily Quiz for July 8, 2010
The Elk Hills Scandal is also referred to by this better-known name.
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Aviation History Animation: Watch the SR-71 Blackbird Come to Life
The world’s fastest, highest-flying jet aircraft leaps from the pages of the November 2010 Aviation History.
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My Summer Battlefield Tour Pick
Civil War Times editor Dana Shoaf gives his summer battlefield tour tip—Perryville, Kentucky.
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John Howard, Superintendent, Antietam National Battlefield
Superintendent John Howard plans to retire at year’s end after 16 years at the […]
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Gettysburg is an Endangered Battlefield
A proposed casino near the site of Pickett’s Charge has landed the Gettysburg National […]
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Soldiering to Citizenship in the Civil War
Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During […]