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FEATURES
Cover Story
Farmers at Arms
By Martin Dugard
During the Second Boer War (1899–1902), the British answered Boer guerrilla tactics with a brutally efficient but costly containment policy
What Made Redcoats So Tough?
By Richard Holmes
And how did they win most battles yet still lose the colonies?
Man of Destiny
By Ron Soodalter
Filibuster William Walker aimed for the stars but got a firing squad
Portfolio: Gas Attack!
Gas masks became a fixture on 20th century battlefields—and on the home front
1215 and All That
By James Lacey
Bad King John cornered his rebellious barons at Rochester Castle
A Tale of Two Chariots
By Steven Weingartner
Hittite and Egyptian forces vied for mastery of wheeled warfare
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Letters
News
Interview
Sir Max Hastings: War as Journalism and History
What We Learned
By Major T.E. Lawrence
from the Arab Revolt
Valor
By David T. Zabecki
Edouard Izac: The U.S. Navy's First POW Hero
Hand Tool
By Jon Guttman
Aztec Macuahuitl
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Power Tool
By Jon Guttman
Thompson Submachine Gun
Letter from Military History
Reviews
Hallowed Ground
By Andrew A. Zellers-Frederick
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
War Games
Weapons We're Glad They Never Built
By Rick Meyerowitz
Hannibal's Animals
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ONLINE EXTRAS
Military History Reader Poll:
Would the Boer War British strategy of containment, using strongpoints and concentration camps, work in 21st century trouble spots?
PLUS
Second Boer War: The Aussies & Harry "The Breaker" Morant
Siege of Savannah: Redcoats deal Patriots a setback
Medieval Warfare: How to capture a castle
Weaponry: Chlorine gas use in World War I
On the cover: Boer guerrillas pose with their bolt-action rifles in 1900. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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