The Battle of Antietam resulted in more pivotal changes, across a broader spectrum of events—military, political, diplomatic, societal—than any other battle of the war. Yet if evaluated in purely military terms, it was not decisive at all.
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Ask MHQ: Any Reason the U.S. Legion of Merit Looks Like the French Legion of Honor?
The U.S. Legion of Merit was intended to recognize foreign military officers after World War II and may have been modeled on the French Legion of Honor awarded to so many American servicemen in World War I.
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Book Review: Manstein, Hitler’s Greatest General
David T. Zabecki reviews the book Manstein: Hitler’s Greatest General.
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Book Review: The Father of Us All
Stephen Budiansky reviews the book The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, by Victor Davis Hanson
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The Pacific War: Selections from the MHQ Archive
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If you could travel through time, what vanished civilization would you most like to visit?
If you could travel through time, what vanished civilization would you most like to visit?
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2011 GI Film Festival
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Who was the most important scientist of the twentieth century?
Who was the most important scientist of the twentieth century?
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Daily Quiz for April 25, 2010
In the first year of the Civil War, a group of well-to-do Northern ladies and influential men convinced Abraham Lincoln to form this organization.