A young army lieutenant in a Patriot missile battalion called to participate in the invasion of Iraq learns on the job during an April Fools’ Day foray
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Book Review: War on the Run
Maj. Robert Rogers successes on the New Hampshire frontier in the French and Indian War and his still-relevant “Rules of Ranging” are explored in a biography by John F. Ross.
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Ask MHQ: Why Wasn’t Davout at Waterloo?
Instead of using Davout in the Waterloo campaign, Napoleon preferred to keep the Iron Marshal in the capital, fulfilling the three vital roles he was appointed to on April 30: minister of war, governor of Paris, and commander in chief of the national guard.
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Fighting Words: The Greatest Generation Finds Its Voice
Our lexicographer considers words and phrases that developed as the United States was engaged in […]
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Hitler’s Last Airdrop: Crete 1941
Operation Mercury, the German paratrooper attack on Crete, was bold, but its human cost was far too high
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Daily Quiz for December 2, 2009
He was the Union officer who inflicted a bloody defeat on Robert E. Lee at Malvern Hill, Va.
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Daily Quiz for December 1, 2009
The first LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks) of WWII were given this nickname.
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Daily Quiz for November 30, 2009
The pretext for beginning the Franco-Prussian War concerned rights to the throne of this country.
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Sideshow II? Origins of the Mediterranean Campaign
The Mediterranean Campaign simply could not be avoided. Where else were the Western Allies going to be fighting the Germans in 1943?
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Daily Quiz for November 29, 2009
In 1629, Sultan Iskandar Muda of Atjeh conducted a massive siege effort to recapture the Malaysian city of Malacca from people of this nation.