During the Crusades, the Muslim sect known as the Order of the Assassins tamed more powerful enemies using a shocking means: murder
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Book Review: Valley of Death, Dien Bien Phu and the Vietnam War
David T. Zabecki reviews Ted Morgan’s 2010 book about Dien Bien Phu and the early development of the Vietnam War.
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Fighting Words: Words Derived from Weapons
MHQ’s lexicographer looks at words derived from weapons.
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MHQ Reader Comments: Paratrooper Propaganda for Hitler’s Assault on Crete, 1941
Readers debate the identity of a German paratrooper featured on the cover of MHQ’s Winter 2010 issue and the circumstances under which he was photographed.
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Ask MHQ: Robert Citino’s Top 10 German Military Commanders
Military historian Robert Citino responds to an MHQ reader’s query, ranking his top 10 German and Prussian military commanders from the Age of Frederick to 1945.
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Mannerheim Draws Lines in the Snow
A former Russian cavalry officer, Marshal Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim, helped Finland win independence, then saved it from Stalin and Hitler
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1864: McClellan vs. Lincoln Gallery EXTRA
In the 1864 “bayonet election,” the soldier vote—and a timely Union success—helped a pro-war civilian, Lincoln, defeat a pro-peace general, McClellan.
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Daily Quiz for February 24, 2010
Industrialist Wendell Willkie promoted this book to his employees at Commonwealth and Southern electricity providers, then had second thoughts after it became successful.
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Daily Quiz for February 23, 2010
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was created by this.
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Vietnam Through the Lens of Larry Burrows
A fellow war photographer recalls the humble but legendary camera master. […]