Category: People
Dispatches From Hell – Diary Excerpts From Six Survivors of World War One
COMMITMENT AND SACRIFICE, a new book from Oxford University Press could fairly be described as ‘history’s first draft’. Edited by historians Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee and Frans Coetzee, the 350-pager is a collection of original diary entries…
Whatever Happened To… ? — Seven Famous Military Leaders and What They Did Later in Life
Douglas MacArthur once remarked that old soldiers never die, “…they just fade away.” These seven generals certainly did. MANY OF history’s most celebrated military commanders achieved immortality by dying heroically in battle. Think: Horatio Nelson, James Wolfe, Stonewall Jackson and George Armstrong Custer….
The Guns of Gettysburg — Eight Things You Didn’t Know About Artillery at the Civil War’s Most Famous Battle
Sponsored Content Rowan Technology, the studio behind the ever-expanding West Point History of Warfare series of digital apps returns to MilitaryHistoryNow.com with this fascinating and interactive look at the role artillery played in the pivotal…
From Traitor to Saint — The Remarkable Rehabilitation of Robert E. Lee
“The lives of his own soldiers evidently mattered less to him than his own degenerate belief in Confederate honor.” By Thomas J. Whalen EVEN AS AMERICA MARKED the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination last…
Shooting the Messenger — Meet the Journalist Who Was Fired for Breaking the Story of Germany’s Surrender
“Kennedy and his colleagues were flabbergasted when Allied commanders demanded the assembled newsies wait at least 36 hours before releasing the bombshell to the world.” JOURNALISTS ARE NORMALLY congratulated for breaking major news first. But for one…
Bonaparte the Bookworm – Napoleon Was An Avid Reader; So What Were His Favourite Books?
“At the École Militaire in Paris and as a young artillery officer, Napoleon continued to read classical scholars, as well as more recent French and Italian authors.” By Shannon Selin NAPOLEON BONAPARTE was a voracious…
