‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Meets ‘Master & Commander’ – A Conversation with the Author of ‘Fort Enterprize’
“I’m drawn to obscure but important historical events, which is why I became interested in Eaton’s ‘enterprise.’” THE YEAR IS 1803. The American frigate USS Philadelphia runs aground on a reef while chasing pirates off…
The Dirty Half-Dozen — Meet the Six Aging POWs Who Pulled Off One of WW2’s Most Daring Escapes
“It is a cast of characters that even Hollywood would never dare make up. But every detail is completely and unbelievably true.” What do you get when you take dozens of captured Commonwealth army generals and…
Napoleon Exposed! – 10 More Strange Facts About History’s Most Famous Conqueror
“In his common intercourse of life, and his familiar conversation, the Emperor mutilated the names most familiar to him.” By Shannon Selin FURTHER TO MY previous article, “10 Interesting Facts about Napoleon Bonaparte,” here are 10…
Operation “China Show” – The Top Secret Mission of Germany’s Zeppelin L 59
“The mission would be a risky one – no airship had ever flown such a distance.” TO DESCRIBE Germany’s Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck as a thorn in the side of the British Empire would be something of…
America’s Citizen Soldiers — A Short History of the Militia in the United States
“The idea of the ‘citizen-soldier’ retained a strong romantic hold over the nation’s leaders. “ By Angry Staff Officer THE IDEA OF a militia – that is a group of armed citizens that enter military…
‘The Yanks Are Coming’ – The Issues That Drove America To War in 1917 Still Resonate a Century Later
“The United States entered the war in response to issues that still resonate—terror attacks on passenger travel and clandestine surveillance of and by foreign governments.” By Christopher Kelly ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago this week, President…
