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…
Warfare in the Mariana Islands – Portrait of a Chamorro Warrior
“With the appearance of Europeans on the islands, new weapons and a different outlook on tactics and objectives forever changed the nature of warfare in the Marianas.” By George Yagi Jr. TODAY, MUCH IS known…
Constellation vs. L’Insurgent – How Commodore Truxtun Delivered the Fledgling U.S. Navy’s First Major Victory
“The battle of Feb. 9, 1799 was a significant accomplishment for the infant nation, and a major vindication for Truxtun as one of the foremost leaders of the U.S. Navy.” By Thomas Sheppard THE UNITED…
The Coal Black Sea – How a Shocking 1914 Naval Disaster Nearly Sank Winston Churchill
“The classified findings concluded that a submarine attack was inevitable, so Churchill hushed them up.” By Stuart Heaver JUST SIX WEEKS into the First World War, three British armoured cruisers, HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy,…
Wellington’s Irish Soldiers — Meet the Troops Who Helped the British Hold the Line at Waterloo
“That regiment with the castles on their caps is composed of the most obstinate mules I ever saw. They don’t know when they are beaten.” — Napoleon Bonaparte By Brendan Farrell FOR ALMOST a millennium,…
