John Hosler separates fact from legend to present a realistic view of the famed siege and participants on either side
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Book Review: Behind the Lawrence Legend
Philip Walker’s retelling of the Arab Revolt acknowledges the anonymous figures behind a legend
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Book Review: The Skull of Alum Bheg
Kim Wagner set out to discover the man described as “a principal leader in the mutiny of 1857″
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Book Review: A Military History of Modern South Africa
Ian van Der Waag presents the first study of South Africa’s armed forces as an institution
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Nathaniel Philbrick: History Ashore and Afloat
The celebrated author completes his American Revolution trilogy with his book In the Hurricane’s Eye
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A Legend Revealed: The Mitsubishi A6M2 ‘Zero’
The Japanese Zero was the first carrier-based fighter capable of besting land-based opponents
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Beneath Their Very Feet
In a covert 18-month effort Allied soldiers tunneled beneath German lines in Flanders to plant more than 500 tons of explosives
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Wired Words
Used for war communications for the first time in the Crimean War, telegraphy transformed the conduct of battle—and enlivened the historical record
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National Road: America’s First Interstate
First federal infrastructure project cut a path that settlers followed to the future
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Daily Quiz for December 20, 2018
During World War Two, flying from India to China was dubbed flying this.