“I feel very much like starting home,” 57th North Carolina Private James Zimmerman wrote […]
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Hallowed Ground: Bastogne, Belgium
The Belgian market town of Bastogne sits astride seven roads in the midst of […]
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Military History Review: Bunker Hill Museum
Bunker Hill Museum Charlestown, Mass. On June 17, 1775, vicious fighting broke out on […]
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Military History Book Review: Retribution
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 by Max Hastings, Knopf, New York, 2008, $35. […]
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Military History Review: Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare by Activision, 2007, $59.99. This contemporary warfare shooter […]
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Military History Book Review: Liberation or Catastrophe?
Liberation or Catastrophe? Reflections on the History of the 20th Century by Michael Howard, […]
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Book Review: The Day of Battle / The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944 by Rick Atkinson, […]
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Can We Trust the Ancient Texts?
Some were found lying alive with their thighs and hams cut, laying bare their […]
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Crushed on the Horns of Hattin
In 1187 Saladin’s Muslim armies drove the Latin Crusaders from the Middle East. On […]
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The Dreyfus Nightmare
How the trials of Alfred Dreyfus split an army—and then a nation.