The Thirty Years’ War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson, Belknap Press, Cambridge, Mass., […]
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Military History Book Review: Churchill’s Bunker
Churchill’s Bunker: The Cabinet War Rooms and the Culture of Secrecy in Wartime London […]
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Military History Book Review: Whirlwind
Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945 by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, New […]
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1215 and All That: The Fight For the Magna Carta
In the bitter 13th Century struggle between King John and the upstart English barons, the Magna Carta was far from the last word.
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What Made Redcoats So Tough?
They won most major battles—while losing the American War of Independence. The way nations […]
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Farmers at Arms: Second Boer War 1899-1902
The first modern insurgency—and how the British crushed it. The war in South Africa […]
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Valor: The Navy’s First POW Hero
Edouard Izac U.S. Navy Medal of Honor North Atlantic and Germany June–October 1918 Edouard […]
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What We Learned: from the Arab Revolt
In August 1917, Major T.E. Lawrence—the celebrated “Lawrence of Arabia”—penned a brief guide for […]
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Daily Quiz for February 8, 2018
Fighting racism each step of the way, Frank E. Petersen, Jr., had achieved this first by the time he retired in 1988.
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Hallowed Ground: Vimy Ridge, France
Vimy Ridge is far more than just another bloody World War I battle or […]