“While soldiers on both sides of the conflict had very different views on slavery and states’ rights, all shared an appreciation for a good cup of coffee.” THE GATLING GUN, improved repeating rifles, and ironclad…

IT WAS JUST after 1:30 p.m. on May 7, 1915 when the lookouts aboard U-20, a German submarine operating 14 miles off the coast of south-western Ireland, spied a tempting target: the RMS Lusitania, a 31,500 ton British passenger…