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China’s War on Drugs
China warred with the British empire over the latter’s lucrative opium trade, leaving a bitter legacy
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Maine’s Greatest War Hero Faces Down Another Insurrection
When political parties’ fight for power turns violent, the only man capable of restoring order was the defender of Little Round Top
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War and Peaceniks
After their military service, these distinguished warriors did a crisp about-face on the wisdom of armed conflict.
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How Winfield Scott’s War of 1812 Struggles Led to Significant U.S. Army Reforms
His experiences in the War of 1812 and subsequent six-week captivity in Canada opened his eyes to the need for a professional regular army.
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The Allies’ Billion-dollar Secret: The Proximity Fuze of World War II
An engineering triumph developed under strict wartime secrecy, the proximity fuze vastly increased the lethality
of anti-aircraft guns and field artillery.
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
Every half century or so comes a book in a particular field or area of history that is monumental, that immediately becomes the authority on that subject.
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Wheels of War
From its playful origin as a “dandy horse” for idle Europeans, the bicycle has taken on increasingly serious military applications
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Florence Nightingale: Crimean War Heroine
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, a revolutionary […]
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Schuyler Hamilton, Scion of American Heroes, Is a Civil War ‘What If’
Alexander Hamilton’s grandson was born to be a great general, but illness intervened