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MHQ Reviews: The Flesh and Blood Behind Horatio Hornblower

James L. Nelson | Published: November 02, 2012 at 2:12 pm
James L. Nelson reviews Stephen Taylor's biography of Sir Edward Pellew

MHQ Reader Comments, Winter 2013

Published: November 02, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Readers respond to MHQ's Autumn 2012 issue

Fiction Excerpt: Arrows Over Poitiers, 1356

Bernard Cornwell | Published: November 02, 2012 at 1:38 pm
How English archers devised a key strategy for victory at the Battle of Poitiers

The War List: Aces High

Jon Guttman | Published: November 02, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Aviation expert Jon Guttman picks history's top 10 fighter pilots

Fighting Words: Vietnam Vernacular

Christine Ammer | Published: November 02, 2012 at 1:37 pm
The origins of the terms "tunnel rats," "boat people," and more

Korean 'Comfort Women': Japan's World War II Sex Slaves

K. M. Kostyal | Published: November 02, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Japan forced tens of thousands of Korean women to be sex slaves in World War II

MHQ Reviews: Winter 2013

Published: October 16, 2012 at 3:06 pm
MAIN REVIEWS AND EXCERPTS The Commander, by Stephen Taylor, Reviewed by James L. Nelson The Man Who Saved The Union, by H.W. Brands, Reviewed by Stephen W. Sears The Missile Next Door, by Gretchen Heefner, Reviewed by Drew Lindsay  …

Weapons Check: German Pistole 08 Luger (1908-1942)

Published: August 07, 2012 at 6:33 pm
(1) The front sight of the Luger is a simple inverted V blade that corresponds to an open V rear sight. At ranges over 50 yards, the Luger was one of the more accurate handguns of the early 20th century. …

From the Dossier: Pericles

Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:21 pm
Notes on the life and legacy of Pericles, renowned commander and orator of ancient Greece

The War List: Commanders From the Age of Sail

James L. Nelson | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:21 pm
James L. Nelson gives proper credit to overlooked naval geniuses

Fighting Words: The Language of Cruelty

Christine Ammer | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:20 pm
MHQ's lexicographer Christine Ammer explains the origin of words associated with wartime atrocities

MHQ Reader Comments: Rommel's Drive

Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Readers respond to MHQ's Summer 2012 issue and the magazine's new print design and Kindle version

MHQ Reviews: Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising Online

Mark Grimsley | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Mark Grimsley recommends online resources for studying Ireland's insurgency against British rule

MHQ Reviews: Anthony Everitt's Rise of Rome

Anthony Everitt | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Around 390 BC, Gauls invaded Italy for the first time and sacked a Rome weakened by previous wars. In his new book The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Random House), Anthony Everitt—author of biographies of …

MHQ Reviews: CNN's Cold War Series on DVD

Gene Santoro | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Gene Santoro reviews CNN's Peabody Award–winning Cold War documentary, now available on DVD

MHQ Reviews: Richard Slotkin's Long Road to Antietam

Harold Holzer | Published: August 07, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Harold Holzer reviews Richard Slotkin's book describing Robert E. Lee's Maryland offensive that ended at Antietam
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