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Military History Magazine Nominated for 2010 National Magazine Award

Military History | Published: March 10, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Military History magazine is a finalist for a National Magazine Award in General Excellence from the American Society of Editors.

William Walker: King of the 19th Century Filibusters

Ron Soodalter | Published: March 04, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Filibuster William Walker and his ragtag army of mercenary adventurers sought to carve out their own sovereign nation

Interview with Journalist and Historian Sir Max Hastings

Published: March 04, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Sir Max Hastings served (albeit briefly) in the British army, covered 11 conflicts worldwide as a journalist and reporter and has since written nearly two dozen military histories.

Military History - May 2010 - Letters from Readers

Published: March 04, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Readers letters in the May 2009 issue of Military History sound off about the 1968 Pueblo Incident, multiple medal recipient Lt. Col. Father Francis Duffy, Stolen Valor, Manhattan Project cities, the 1942 Dieppe Raid, 20th century German military blunders and war film adviser Dale Dye.

Letter from Military History - May 2010

Michael W. Robbins | Published: March 04, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Emotions, while certainly less definable than facts, are certainly a factor historians must consider in any understanding of the roots and course of military conflict.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Published: January 13, 2010 at 1:35 pm
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Confederate Raider Raphael Semmes: Catch Me If You Can!

Wade G. Dudley | Published: January 13, 2010 at 10:23 am
Maritime raider Raphael Semmes was the scourge of Union blockaders and merchant shipping during the Civil War

Interview with Author and Defense Analyst P.W. Singer

Published: January 12, 2010 at 6:54 pm
P.W. Singer - a senior fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution and a former consultant to the departments of State and Defense - explores the history, development and current state of military robotics in his new book Wired for War.

Military History - March 2010 - Letters from Readers

Published: January 12, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Readers letters in the March 2009 issue of Military History sound off about the Allied defeat at Dieppe, the Battle of Verdun, history's greatest raids and Hollywood war film adviser Dale Dye.

Letter from Military History - March 2010

Michael W. Robbins | Published: January 12, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Oral history is often engaging, but it must be verified. Thus, fact-checking is the onerous unseen task that stands behind responsible publishing.

Interview with Historian Rick Atkinson

Published: November 05, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Journalist and historian Rick Atkinson, who covered the Gulf War and Iraq War for The Washington Post, is working on the final volume of his World War II "Liberation Trilogy."

Bayonets at Midnight: The Battle of Stony Point

Edward G. Lengel | Published: November 05, 2009 at 5:39 pm
When British troops captured the river fortress at Stony Point, New York, in 1779, George Washington was determined to drive them out with force and fixed bayonets.

Letter from Military History – January 2010

Michael W. Robbins | Published: November 05, 2009 at 4:43 pm
The actions of individual soldiers can have as decisive an impact on military history as high-level strategic and tactical decisions.

Military History - January 2010 - Letters from Readers

Published: November 05, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Readers letters in the January 2010 issue of Military History sound off about not-so-indomitable Afghanistan, history's most daring military raids, infamous battlescapes and Continental Army Maj. Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne.

Olympian Fire: Dewey at Manila Bay

Wade G. Dudley | Published: September 02, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Rear Admiral George Dewey, aboard USS Olympia, presided over the blooding of the modern U.S. Navy at the May 1, 1898, Battle of Manila Bay.

Letter from Military History - November 2009

Michael W. Robbins | Published: September 01, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Though the immediacy of historical battles may be lost, the battlefields themselves remain as sobering evidence of the conflicts that once raged across them. Staff rides present opportunities to learn the historical context while experiencing those places firsthand.
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