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Military History Book Review: Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff: The Principal Officers Behind History’s Great Commanders (Vol. 1: Napoleonic Wars […]
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Interview: Dale Dye / On Point in Hollywood
Early next year HBO will premier part World War II miniseries that The Pacific […]
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Aviation History Today: September 2009
Scrapyard Spitfire There are more Spitfires flying today than have been airworthy since the […]
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Charley Nebo: The Forrest Gump of the Old West
Charley Nebo had a knack for showing up where the action was—driving Longhorns for […]
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Capt. Bobby Lain: Leadership in the Midst of Tragedy
A war correspondent recalls the bravery of a wounded Marine whom he covered
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American History Today: April 2009
Williamsburg Copes With Hard Times As the world’s largest living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg sets […]
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When Geronimo Met Teddy Roosevelt
When Theodore Roosevelt invited Geronimo to lead a pageant of legendary Indian warriors in […]
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Media Digest | Abrams not much different from Westmoreland?
Modest in number yet extraordinarily influential, proponents of the “better war” narrative maintain that Gen. Creighton Abrams, who became the top commander of U.S. forces in South Vietnam in June 1968, jettisoned the failing strategy of his predecessor, Gen. William Westmoreland, and achieved a military victory, only to have it squandered by feckless politicians in Washington.
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Valor | Explosive Heroism
Capt. John Ripley was an adviser with the 3rd Battalion of the Republic of […]