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Letter from Military History - January 2012

Michael W. Robbins | Published: November 04, 2011 at 2:13 pm
The American military has a long and uneven history of working toward full and fair treatment of blacks and other minorities.

Diaries of a Liberty Hall Volunteer return home

Tim and Elizabeth Rowland | Published: October 28, 2011 at 10:45 am
An old Washington and Lee alum—with a little help from his friends—has posthumously provided his alma mater with a treasure trove of firsthand observations of the Civil War in Virginia, after some alert re-enactors and a Lexington historian spotted his …

Wild West - December 2011 - Letters from Readers

Published: October 06, 2011 at 5:01 pm
In the December issue of Wild West, readers bend our ears about Texas badmen, Pat Garrett, frontier surveyors and personal recollections of the West.

Interview with Author Jim Crutchfield

Candy Moulton | Published: October 06, 2011 at 3:10 pm
In his new Encyclopedia of Westward Expansion, Jim Crutchfield ably covers the frontier, from long hunters to the Army of the West.

Book Review: Wanton West, by Lael Morgan

HistoryNet Staff | Published: October 06, 2011 at 11:18 am
In Wanton West author Lael Morgan looks at the seedy side of life on the Montana frontier, that of Old West prostitutes.

Book Review: The Lakotas and the Black Hills, by Jeffrey Ostler

HistoryNet Staff | Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:29 am
In his book The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground, author Jeffrey Ostler looks at the Lakota Sioux struggle to retain and then regain the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Book Review: Captain John R. Hughes, by Chuck Parsons, and Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten, by Bob Alexander

HistoryNet Staff | Published: October 06, 2011 at 10:13 am
Chuck Parsons' book Captain John R. Hughes and Bob Alexander's book Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten pay tribute to two of the celebrated cadre of Texas Rangers who tamed the Old West.

Civil War Ship Models

Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Ship Modeler Ed Parent shares his love of naval history.

Battlefields&Beyond: London, UK

Thomas E. Sebrell | Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Rebels ruled in Merry Old England.

Civil War Times - December 2011 - Table of Contents

Published: October 05, 2011 at 2:38 pm
FEATURESClick Here to Subscribe! Taking Back Arlington Robert E. Lee's son Custis did what the general could not: Beat the federal government By Anthony J.Gaughan It's All in the Details A portfolio of ironclads from the hands of a …

'Prohibition' - A Review of Ken Burns' New PBS Documentary

Jay Wertz | Published: September 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns explores the Prohibition years in a new PBS special that begins Sunday.

Mae West's Secret of Success

Peter Carlson | Published: September 14, 2011 at 11:16 am
Mae West's bawdy 1926 play, Sex, landed her in jail and set her on the path to superstardom.

Letter from Vietnam magazine - October 2011

Vietnam magazine | Published: September 13, 2011 at 2:24 pm
The vagaries of war One man lives, one man dies. There are an endless number of factors that contribute to survival on the battlefield, but no matter how skilled, how intelligent, how brave or how well-equipped, when it comes to …

Interview - Dr. Ronald Glasser: Who really pays the price of war?

Vietnam magazine | Published: September 13, 2011 at 2:04 pm
The author of "Broken Bodies, Shattered Minds" discusses the continued need for trauma care on & off the battlefield

Letters from Readers - October 2011 Vietnam magazine

Vietnam magazine | Published: September 13, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Faas Found to Be Mystery Man Your August issue just arrived, and I was prompted to respond after seeing the picture of Horst Faas and then reading "Images of Hell at Dong Xoai." The photo of Faas helped me to …

My War - Dr. James O. Finnegan

James Finnegan, oral history | Published: September 12, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Dr. James Finnegan's service as a surgeon proved to be a powerful reminder that we don't have all the answers
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