The Marquis de Lafayette returned to America, his adopted home, during the contentious 1824 presidential election.
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Scientists at Arms Quiz
The following quiz is tied to Ricard Conniff’s feature “Scientists at Arms,” from the […]
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The 10 Most Difficult to Fly Aircraft
The November 2010 Aviation History features 10 aircraft that took incredible skill and fortitude to fly.
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Was Secession Legal
Southerners insisted they could legally bolt from the Union. Northerners swore they could not. […]
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Letter from Military History – November 2010
The World War II histories of a pivotal hill along the Normandy coast points to the fluctuating nature of facts themselves.
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Breaking the Siege at Khe Sanh
Joseph Abodeely, a young lieutenant with the 1st Air Cav, took part in the historic relief of Marines who held Khe Sahn for 77 days
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Folly in the Philippines
On May 3, 1898, two days after Commodore George Dewey’s stunning defeat of the Spanish at Manila Bay, President William McKinley sent American troops to occupy the Philippines. At this early stage in the Spanish-American War, there was no plan for the occupation, including how long it would last or what ends the United States sought in those distant islands.
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The RPG-7: Carried by Infantry in the People’s Army of Vietnam
The RPG-7 is a recoilless muzzle-loaded, shoulder-fired antitank weapon that fires a fin-stabilized rocket shaped like a warhead.
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He Was America’s Most Renowned Patriot — Until He Refused to Sign the Declaration of Independence
John Dickinson and other moderates debated whether war with Britain outweighed the real benefits colonists enjoyed as subjects of the king.
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‘The Roar and Rattle’: McClellan’s Missed Opportunities at Antietam
The Battle of Antietam resulted in more pivotal changes, across a broader spectrum of events—military, political, diplomatic, societal—than any other battle of the war. Yet if evaluated in purely military terms, it was not decisive at all.