Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader Perez Zagorin, (Princeton University Press, 2005), 190 […]
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Fighting Words: World War II
Our lexicographer considers some words and phrases that sprang into use during World War […]
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Bay of Pigs: The Perfect Failure
Sixty-one years later, it’s still unclear who deserves the blame for the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
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Artists On War: Portraying Maneuvers and Mock Battles
Ever since armies first gathered to conquer and defend, soldiers have practiced their art, […]
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Tactical Exercise: Clubbed Victory at Queenston Heights
American troops invading Canada might have fared better if they had exploited a mistake […]
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Audiobook Review| How Rodgers and Hammerstein Revolutionized the Musical
The music-making duo helped redefine theater and the American Broadway musical
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This American Military Attaché Bet on the British When Few Would
General Raymond E. Lee voiced unwavering support—while holding private doubts.
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Daily Quiz for June 7, 2019
The Confederate raider, CSS Shenandoah had a multi-national crew including 40 to 45 men from his British dominion.
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First In France: The World War II Pathfinder Who Led the Way on D-Day
101st Airborne Division pathfinders and their headstrong leader set foot in a dark Normandy just 15 minutes into D-Day.
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This Week in History: Anzio 1944
Allied commanders thought that an amphibious landing behind the German lines could break the stalemate, and they landed troops in Anzio in January 1944.