• Military History Magazine Nominated for 2010 National Magazine Award

  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

  In the mid-19th century, filibuster William Walker assembled a ragtag army of mercenary adventurers and sought to carve out private fiefdoms in Central America, until a firing squad abruptly ended his dreams of empire.

• Interview with Journalist and Historian Sir Max Hastings

  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.

• Confederate Raider Raphael Semmes: Catch Me If You Can!

  During the American Civil War, Confederate raider Raphael Semmes became the scourge of Union blockaders and commercial shipping from Cuba to Cape Town.

• Interview with Author and Defense Analyst P.W. Singer

  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.

• Interview with Historian Rick Atkinson

  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

  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.

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