In the Pacific, Americans warriors learned how to let slip the dogs of war.
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Who Was the War’s Most Overrated Leader?
World War II made giant reputations—from Winston Churchill’s to Dwight D. Eisenhower’s, from Joseph […]
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Mosby: The Civil War’s “Gray Ghost”
Well before dawn on a cold and rainy March 9, 1863,a shadowy group of […]
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Eichelberger and the Pacific War
MacArthur’s best general won hard-fought campaigns against Japan. On November 30, 1942, General Douglas […]
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The War That Never Ended
President Harry Truman described it as a United Nations “police action,” and today it […]
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It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Civil War
The National Park Service used the sesquicentennial to shed new light on an old […]
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War’s Bitter End
After a four-year bloodbath, the guns finally fell silent. Now what? The Civil War […]
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The War That Wasn’t
The news account is fictional, of course, but there were times when it could […]
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Argentina and Britain Waged War Over a Contested Patch of Tundra—and Many Still Wonder Why
Thirty-three years ago this spring Argentina and Britain waged war over a contested patch of tundra in the bitter South Atlantic—and many still wonder why
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Christmas With the Custers: In Bitter Cold and Battles, Libbie Custer Fought for Holiday Cheer
The Custers and other frontier military families endured hardship and horrors during holidays, but did their best to find joy.