The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War and the American Invasion of Spanish […]
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Military History Book Review: Are We Rome?
Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by […]
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Book Review: Stalin’s Wars / From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953
Stalin’s Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953 by Geoffrey Roberts, Yale University […]
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The Incas’ Great Rebellion
For Pizarro’s conquistadors, Peru was not a pushover. It took a long, bloody struggle, […]
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The Battle of Quebec
General James Wolfe capped a three-month British siege in 1759 with an hour of […]
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Children at War
Recent history has seen a breakdown in a long-held societal taboo—the use of children […]
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Battlefield Blunders
In the history of warfare, tactical missteps can separate conquering hero from blundering loser. […]
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What We Learned: from the Battle of Trafalgar
In 1805 anticipation of a great naval battle between Britain and France had been […]
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Discovering the Titanic With Bob Ballard: Cold War Officer, High-Tech Guru
Since locating RMS Titanic on September 1, 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard has pinpointed the wrecks of the feared German battleship Bismarck, the American carrier USS Yorktown and Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s PT-109.