Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are unlikely to surrender their spots in the […]
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How The Vietnam War Changed On-Film Combat
The Vietnam War fundamentally altered American culture—including motion pictures.
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Germany’s Lion of the Defensive
As the Allies battled Germany during World War I, Colonel Fritz von Lossberg emerged as one of their most formidable—and fearsome—adversaries
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Media Digest | Unknown Soldiers of the Vietnam War
Did the Republic of Vietnam deserve to lose the war? That certainly seems to […]
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Interview: Ian C. Hope / West Point and the War
Canadian military officer and historian Ian C. Hope combed through the records of West […]
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DVD Review: The Last Confederate
The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams Directed by Julian Adams, 2007 Despite […]
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The Weakest Link
In the winter of 1861, Allan Pinkerton’s best agent—Timothy Webster—provided the famous detective with […]
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A Different Kind of Naval Warfare
In early March 1862, crews in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Portsmouth, Va., rushed to complete […]
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How Washington Got its Police Force
They called it “the great skedaddle.” Union troops who had taken to the field […]