Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda, HarperCollins, New York, 2007, $34.95. In 1945 […]
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Military History Book Review: The 25 Essential World War II Sites
The 25 Essential World War II Sites: European Theater. The Ultimate Traveler’s Guide to […]
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Military History Book Review: The War
The War by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, Knopf, New York, 2007, $50. […]
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‘It Is Sweet and Fitting to Die for One’s Country’
John Laurens led the attack that secured victory at Yorktown, but his prescient dream […]
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Napoleonic Action
From a turbulent era that has proven irresistible to filmmakers, 10 top war movies.
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One Man’s Ambush
More than a million U.S. soldiers fought in the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive —the largest […]
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The Berlin Airlift
In early 1948, Stalin ordered a blockade of all land routes to Berlin, spurring […]
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My Confederate Bias
I am a born and bred Northerner— as in born in Newark, N.J., and […]
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Interview: Malcolm Muir / Schooling Tomorrow’s Officers
Colonel Malcolm Muir, holder of a chair in military history at Virginia Military Institute, […]
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Frank Buckles, 110, Last of the Doughboys
Frank Buckles, 110, the last surviving American soldier from World War I, died on February 27, 2011