Australian Baron Rudolph Von Ripper’s adventurous life included stints as a soldier in three […]
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Treachery in Tripoli
When Muslim Mamluk Egypt targeted this crusader state in 1289, the Christian were too […]
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The Poets of Hell
These few Englishmen described the brutal realities of the trenches, not as effete observers […]
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Taking Crimea… Again
Armies from antiquity to the present day have wrangled over this patch of ground […]
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Shaka Zulu: Africa’s Napoleon?
The warrior-king was a loyal son, a fearsome fighter, and master tactician, a ruthless tyrant, a national-hero—and in the end largely the stuff of myth.
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Public Relations Battle in 1775
After Lexington and Concord, both sides hurried to spin the story by land and sea
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Goldilocks Fighter: What Made the F6F Hellcat “Just Right”?
Grumman’s F6F Hellcat was perfectly suited to young American naval aviators battling Zeros in […]
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Chief Joseph’s Guiding Principle
Famous for vowing, ‘I will fight no more forever,’ the Nez Perce leader never […]
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Lucien Maxwell: From Cimarron to Fort Sumner
Once the owner of an enormous land grant in northern New Mexico, the ‘Boss […]
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Chisum: ‘Cattle King of the Pecos’
This enterprising cattle dealer drove Longhorns west out of Texas to new markets in […]