Dennis Tito, the first “space tourist” paid this much for his flight to the International Space Station.
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Hallowed Ground: The Reichswald, Germany
The 1945 Battle of the Reichswald was for Anglo-Canadian forces what the earlier Battle […]
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Military History Review: Images of U.S. Grant
“Images of U.S. Grant: The Soldier” Through April 2012 Galena History Museum 211 S. […]
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Military History Book Review: Wellington’s Two-Front War
Wellington’s Two-Front War: The Peninsular Campaigns, at Home and Abroad, 1808–1814 by Joshua Moon, […]
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Military History Book Review: Neptune’s Inferno
Neptune’s Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal by James D. Hornfischer, Bantam, New York, […]
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Military History Book Review: Manstein
Manstein: Hitler’s Greatest General by Mungo Melvin, Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2011, $37.50 […]
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Wild Irish Geese
Driven from their homeland by centuries of English domination, Irish soldiers went to war […]
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What Lady Butler Knew
The Victorian-era artist never saw a battle, but her paintings show a deep knowledge […]
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‘Colonial School’ Warfare
Counterinsurgency doctrine was born in the European age of imperialism. COIN—a counterinsurgency doctrine whose […]
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Crimean Fiasco: Battle of the Alma
Incompetence, stupidity and arrogance trumped bravery and technological innovation in the first truly modern […]