Fort Niagara – The Amazing Story of One of America’s Oldest Military Fortifications
“The French built the first fort at Niagara in 1679. The U.S. Army finally decommissioned the post in 1963 making it one of the longest occupied military posts in America.” By Robert Emerson THE HISTORY…
Top Gun — Nine Things Hollywood Got Wrong About the U.S. Navy’s Fighter Weapons School
“While the Navy’s graduate-level fighter pilot training program was a Big Thing in 1986, it was anything but that when it was created in 1969.” By Dwight Jon Zimmerman WHEN THE BLOCKBUSTER Top Gun, starring…
Kriegsspiel – How a 19th Century Table-Top War Game Changed History
“More than just a war game, Kriegsspiel was an invaluable training tool used to introduce a generation of military officers to the operational art of war.” By Laurence Kay STRATEGY GAMES have a long and…
Warrior Queens — Five Legendary Women Who Took On the Roman Empire
“The Roman historians who chronicled their stories invariably expressed shocked and dismay that the legions suffered even temporary defeats at the hands of female commanders.” By Pamela Toler THE HISTORY OF the Roman Empire is…
Unkindest Cuts – The Three Most Famous British Sabres of the Napoleonic Era
“The three sword patterns of 1796 all played important roles in Napoleonic history: one distinguished, one solid, and one unimpressive.” By John Danielski “TROOPER DAWKINS of the 11th [Hussars] raised himself in his stirrups and…
‘Agents Unknown’ – Filmmaker Reveals America’s Secret Spy War in Vietnam
“To understand the war better, it’s necessary to know why combat decisions were made, and how those decisions were the product of good or bad intelligence.” WHY DID THE United States lose in Vietnam? Was…
