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Fighting Words: Of Moats and the Middle Ages

ehoward — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:14 +0000

MHQ lexicographer Christine Ammer highlights terms coined during the Middle Ages

The War List: Great Tank Commanders

dlindsay — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:44:23 +0000

We pick eight top tankers—from Monash to Wittmann to Greengold

In Review: Spring 2012

Jennifer Berry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:42:18 +0000

Two new books on the history of war in Afghanistan; Ralph Peters's latest Civil War novel

MHQ Reviews: Notable Books, Spring 2012

ehoward — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:41:32 +0000

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Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War: America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence, by Hugh Howard (Bloomsbury, $30). An entertaining look at the forgotten war, the burning of Washington, and the fourth president's none-too-effective efforts …

MHQ Reviews: The Heroes of David Petraeus

ehoward — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:01 +0000

Who are David Petraeus's heroes?

MHQ Reviews: Cain at Gettysburg

ehoward — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:35:01 +0000

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Cain at Gettysburg
By Ralph Peters. 432 pp. Forge, 2012. $25.99.

Reviewed by Noah Andre Trudeau

I confess to being a fan of Civil War fiction involving real battles. Over the years I've come to …

Sherman's Folly at Shiloh

mbest — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:25:15 +0000

Before one of the Civil War’s most brutal battles, one of its finest generals ignored signs of danger—and paid a steep price

Unknown Soldier: General Charles Lallemand

ehoward — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:23:32 +0000

In a new MHQ department: The misadventures of a Napoleon aide

Experience: A Boer Volunteer's 'First Blood'

dlindsay — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:13 +0000

In the Boer War of 1899, a young volunteer gets a taste of glory and death in an early strike against the British

Portfolio: Doolittle Raid

Jennifer Berry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:21:14 +0000

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