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The Battle for Monte Cassino — Inside the Allies’ Costly and Controversial Campaign to Smash the German Gustav Line
“The relentless wearing down of Monte Cassino, namely the bombing of the cultural icon of the monastery, was controversial; the plodding and disorganized campaign also drew criticism.” By Michael G. Stroud IN 1943, the Allies…
Before MI6 — The Secret History of British Intelligence
“For centuries, kings and queens of England, along with British generals and admirals, have used spies and agents to achieve successes on and off the battlefield.” By Douglas Brown IMAGINE IT’S THE year 1905. The…
Misfire – It was failures by statesmen, not an assassin’s bullets, that triggered the First World War
“Despite the persistent image of a spontaneous murder in some wild, remote, and regressive country, Bosnia was a vital component of a geopolitical conundrum going back for more than a century.” By Paul Miller-Melamed SHOT…
Old Testament Tactics – Six Battle-Winning Strategies from the Bible that Appear Throughout History
“Biblical histories do accord well with contemporaneous records, and even provide insights into military principles of the era.” By Douglas Brown FEW TODAY might consider the Old Testament to be among the most reliable of…
Panther vs. MiG — Inside the Cold War Dogfight That Officially Never Happened
“For decades, the entire incident remained shrouded in mystery.” By Marc Liebman BY NOVEMBER 1952, the air and ground war in Korea had been raging for two years and five months. The People’s Republic of…
The Yucatan Republic — How a Mayan Independence Movement Became a Sideshow of the Mexican-American War
“In the fall of 1847, after the U.S. Army occupied Mexico City, the president of the Campeche government, Santiago Méndez, sent his son-in-law Justo Sierra O’Reilly to Washington D.C. to ask for military support, official…
