Forged in Battle — How America’s Mexico Campaigns Shaped the Civil War’s Top Generals
“As the Civil War began in 1861, memories of the previous war served as the pivotal frame of reference for the rising new generals.” By Timothy D. Johnson ON APRIL 9, 1865 Generals Ulysses S….
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…
The Battle of York — Inside the 1813 U.S. Raid on the Capital of Upper Canada
“Fierce skirmishing erupted as Pike’s forces landed. Supported by covering fire from Chauncey’s ships, the Americans gradually pushed the British and militia back.” IN THE SPRING OF 1813, the War of 1812 was about to…
Little Shots — Meet the Cold War’s Smallest Nukes
“In the event of a shooting war in Europe between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, allied commanders fully expected to use hundreds, even thousands, of the small 50-pound projectiles.” THE SOVIET TSAR Bomba is remembered as the…
Operation Unthinkable – Inside Churchill’s Abortive Plan to Drive the Red Army From Eastern Europe
“If the Western Allies could inflict a rapid and crushing defeat on the Red Army, then Stalin would be forced to rethink his planned domination of Eastern Europe.” By Giles Milton AS STALIN’S Red Army…
The Fall of Saigon — Inside the Chaotic Collapse of South Vietnam and the End of the Ten Thousand Day War
“Eager to wash its hands of Vietnam, Congress concluded that more aid was simply a waste. The South Vietnamese would get nothing more from the United States.” By J.Keith Saliba IN JANUARY 1973, the Paris…
