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Richard Ewell at Gettysburg
Second-Guessing Dick Ewell: Why didn’t the Confederate general take Cemetery Hill on July 1, 1863?
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Is General Stanley A. McChrystal more like General John Pope or George McClellan?
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann compares President Obama’s predicament with General McChrystal to Lincoln’s decision about General John Pope.
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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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What Was the Turning Point of World War II?
Seventeen top historians weigh in on the moment that decided the war.
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Marine Showdown at Dai Do: Recollections of a Green “One Four Man”
At the village of Dai Do in early May 1968, Lance Cpl Robert Hunt, a radioman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, new in-country, encounters his first battle and is told he will be trained as a one four man to direct airstrikes, medevacs and resupply
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Buchanan the Peacemaker?
Could Buchanan Have Stopped the Civil War?
Either the much-maligned James Buchanan was the unmitigated disaster of legend, or he deserves an apology.
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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.
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Book Review: The Father of Us All
Stephen Budiansky reviews the book The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, by Victor Davis Hanson
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The Pacific War: Selections from the MHQ Archive
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