Life is a series of challenges, obstacles and setbacks. And the history of conflict […]
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Captain Jack: Against All Odds
In 1873 tensions between homesteaders and Modoc Indians in Northern California flared into full-scale […]
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Why Politicians Should Keep Their Mouths Shut
You can always tell when things are going badly in a war when the […]
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What We Learned: from the Battle of Cannae
In 216 BC Rome mobilized a force of 86,000 legionaries and auxiliaries under consuls […]
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Interview: Rupert Smith / Why we can’t win a ‘war on terror’
General Sir Rupert Smith’s new book The Utility of Force draws upon his command […]
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The Tommy Scout
America’s first indigenous scout plane was conceived by an Englishman and borrowed heavily from European designs
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An SS Man’s Kind Act to a Kind Town
When the Allies captured Heinrich Steinmeyer in August 1944, they labeled him a Category […]
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Dean Hess: The Flying Parson
Ordained minister Dean Hess dealt death from the sky as a fighter-bomber pilot, but […]
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Daily Quiz for November 7, 2018
After being wounded at the Battle of Verdun, this man became the first African-American military pilot
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From the Crossroads: To the Limit
For one Union regiment, the dreadful casualty count from Pickett’s Charge included numerous desertions