Twice battled to a standstill by fiery Benedict Arnold, Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne lost his army—and Britain’s best shot at ending our Revolution
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Voice: When Is War Justifiable?
St. Augustine was obsessed with squaring what seemed a circle: How could one be […]
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What We Learned: from Isandlwana
January 22, 1879. Eleven days have passed since Lt. Gen. Lord Chelmsford’s column crossed […]
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Interview: Ronald Arkin / Building Trust in Combat Robots
In 1958, shortly after the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the Department of Defense created […]
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Daily Quiz for October 25, 2018
He was the first actor to play Tarzan of the Apes in the movies.
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Hallowed Ground: Ghost Mountain, Papua New Guinea
The New Guinea jungle was a boiler room. A slanting sun sifted through the […]
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Military History Review: Out of the Mails
“Out of the Mails” Now through Jan. 31, 2008; National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C. […]
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Military History Book Review: The Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War: The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 by Simon Dunstan, Osprey, Oxford, […]
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Military History Book Review: Bayonets for Hire
Bayonets for Hire: Mercenaries at War, 1550–1789 by William Urban, Greenhill Books, London, 2007, […]
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Military History Review: Medieval II Total War
Medieval II Total War: Kingdoms by Sega, 2007, $29.99. One of the best strategy […]