Month: November 2014
Flying Under the Radar – The Hidden History of Stealth Warplanes
WHILE CHINA’S NEW SPACE-AGED J-31 stealth fighter is designed to be virtually invisible, Beijing’s trumpeting of the new aircraft has been anything but inconspicuous. After unveiling the low-observable supersonic jet at the country’s national airshow…
Anatomy of a Battle – App Maker Offers MHN Readers Interactive Map of Antietam Clash
LAST MONTH, MilitaryHistoryNow.com reported the release of The West Point History of the Civil War. The comprehensive volume, which was compiled by faculty historians at the prestigious United States Military Academy, is available in hard cover and also…
Crackers – Military History’s Most Famous Code-Breakers
“While The Imitation Game will certainly put British wartime cryptanalysis back into the spotlight, the annals of military history are filled with other intriguing stories of codes and the people who broke them.” THE AMAZING STORY BEHIND…
‘Why We Fight’ – America’s World War Two Propaganda Masterpiece
“The U.S. government still chose to bankroll a series of films to explain to both servicemen and civilians alike the reasons for America’s involvement in the widening struggle.” FEW TIMES IN HISTORY HAVE AMERICANS been…
Bunker Mentalities – Some of History’s Most Famous Underground Military Complexes
“For those of use who can’t afford a survival shelter fit for Donald Trump, we can still at least visit some of history’s best-known wartime bunkers.” EBOLA OUTBREAKS, NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON, THE DREADED zombie apocalypse —…
Naval Historian Sounds Alarm Over America’s Silent Service
THE UNITED STATES NAVY MAY SOON BE boning up on the lost Cold War art of anti-submarine warfare (ASW), according to one military historian. In a recent article for the current affairs magazine The Diplomat, James R….
