Category: Recommended Reading
Were The Mongol Invaders Spurred On By Medieval Climate Change?
The Mongols’ fast and furious conquest of Asia and much of Europe in the early 13th Century has been attributed to many factors: superior horsemanship, rigid discipline, devastating archery, and even the ruthless genius of…
“Dear Mom, I Miss You!” – 1,800-Year-Old Letter Home From Roman Soldier Translated
“His emotions are really no different than those of soldiers today who are longing to go home.” AN AMERICAN GRADUATE student has translated fragments of a letter written by a 3rd Century Roman soldier, according to…
Recommended Reading – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Crimean War (But Never Thought to Ask)
“We interrupt our ongoing wall-to-wall coverage of the 100th anniversary of the First World War to bring you this backgrounder on the Crimean War…” With Russian boots on the ground in the Crimea, media outlets…
Playing ‘What If…’ With History — Writer Imagines 21st Century Military Hardware in Second World War
Could a modern-day Nimitz-class aircraft carrier single-handedly take out the 56-ship Japanese task force that crossed the Pacific to attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941? Such was the premise of the 1980 sci-fi…
We Have Met the Enemy And They Are Small – A Brief History of Bug Warfare
National Geographic reported last week that biologists from the University of Tübingen in Germany have uncovered evidence that the Nazis may have tested malaria-carrying mosquitoes for possible use against the Allies. According to the article, which…
Damn the Torpedoes! – How a 19th Century Innovation in Naval Warfare Produced the Military Industrial Complex
In his 1961 farewell address, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned of the dangers posed to the American republic by what he called “military industrial complex”. According to Ike, the armaments industry, which had…
