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Corsair Kings — Inside the 300-Year War Against the Barbary Pirates
“Between the years 1500 and 1800, the Barbary pirates are estimated to have enslaved as many as one million people.” By John Danielski WILLIAM Harris was roused from his sleep in the early hours of…
The Hidden Face of the U.S. Pacific Fleet — Nimitz’s Newsman and a Lost Portrait
“The portrait’s austere aesthetic mirrors Drake’s wartime persona—a man caught between truth and deception, public duty, and personal loyalty.” By Hamilton Bean THE cover of Nimitz’s Newsman: Waldo Drake and the Navy’s Censored War in…
VE Day in Britain — How a Battered Nation Toasted a Hard-Won Victory
“The wider war was not yet over. Nevertheless, VE Day came as a beacon of hope and light for a nation wearied by war.” By Ronan Thomas IT WAS 7:40 p.m. on May 7, 1945…
Battlefield Medicine in the War of 1812 — Surgeons and Survivors Recall the Hellish Conditions of Frontier Field Hospitals
“The weather was intensely hot, the flies were in myriads, depositing their eggs, so that maggots were bred in a few hours, producing dreadful irritation.” By Martin Howard THE War of 1812 is one of…
Remembering VE Day — Veterans Reflect on the Bittersweet End of the War in Europe
“It came with mixed feelings for many young men who had spent the prime years of their lives at war.” By Carolyn Hodges ON MAY 8, 1945, 20-year-old British Army sniper Syd Daw was in…
Iphicrates – Meet Athens’ Greatest Commander
“Iphicrates was among the finest and most prolific commanders Greece had ever seen.” By Byron Waldron AS A tactician, disciplinarian and reformer, the Athenian commander Iphicrates was among the finest in ancient history. Although rarely…
