On a warm August day in 1785, at the Merchants’ Coffee House in Philadelphia, […]
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Letter From Military History – November 2016
The figurative “fog of war” — e.g., poor communications, inept training and leadership, mass panic — is often a decisive factor in the course of military operations
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Book Review: The Damned of Petersburg
The Damned of Petersburg By Ralph Peters Forge Books, 2016, 432 pages, $27.99 […]
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Peter Kemp: ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
British commando Peter Kemp did just as Churchill ordered, fighting oppression in Europe and elsewhere
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Book Review: Betrayal at Little Gibraltar
William Walker centers his story on an ill-planned assault by green American troops on a fortified German position during the World War I Meuse-Argonne campaign
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Why Are the Kiowa Missing From the Movies?
Why Are the Kiowa Missing From the Movies?
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Johnny Alison: American Eagle
How the late, great Johnny Alison became a U.S. Air Force icon.
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Book Review: Soldiers in the Army of Freedom
Ian Spurgeon provides a history of the first black regiment to fight in the Union Army—the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
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Tears of Chios
The slaughter of civilians on this Aegean island finally prompted Europe to help Greece […]
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The 100 Greatest Generals of All Time
These are the most important military leaders in history, from the classical era to the present day.