Historical Figures
Carlo D'Este |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
This leader never asked his men to do something he wouldn't—and didn't—do himself.
Ronald H. Bailey and Susan Zimmerman |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:56 pm
The frantic preparation behind the legendary 30 seconds over Tokyo.
Alex Kershaw |
Published: June 02, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Brothers, Rivals, Victors
By Jonathan W. Jordan. 672 pp.
NAL Hardcover, 2011. $28.95.
Two factors mattered most in determining victory in Europe in World War II: the will to win, and the amount of materiel available to the warring …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 31, 2011 at 10:35 am
Being a historian of World War II puts you in touch with the most interesting people. It is a rare day that my email does not contain a message from someone I've never met before asking me a factual question …
Claude G. Berube |
Published: May 24, 2011 at 2:17 pm
During WWII, Henry Prunier parachuted into Indochina as part of an OSS mission to "give training to a 'Mr. Hoo's' (Ho Chi Minh's) insurgent forces"
Joel Hodson |
Published: May 16, 2011 at 11:46 am
Lowell Thomas combined journalism and entertainment to help create the legend of Lawrence of Arabia.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 05, 2011 at 10:12 pm
In Nothing Less Than War, Justus Doenecke offers a look at the domestic political wrangling that preceded America's decision to enter World War I.
Michael W. Robbins |
Published: May 05, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Military leaders are called on to make tough calls - and then stand by those decisions.
Vietnam magazine |
Published: April 18, 2011 at 3:31 pm
His unyielding commitment to truth, and to Vietnam vets, is as solid as ever
Gordon Berg |
Published: April 08, 2011 at 3:18 pm
In September 1862 some 1,600 Union cavalrymen seemingly trapped at Harpers Ferry carried out one of the Civil War's most successful missions of stealth and deception.
HistoryNet |
Published: April 06, 2011 at 12:01 am
An interview with Christopher Kolakowski, the director of the recently re-opened General George Patton Museum of Leadership at Fort Knox, formerly The Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor.
Published: April 05, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Michael Farquhar, When the King Came Calling, from Editorial
Published: March 31, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Major Marcus Reno certainly didn't merit any medals for his performance at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, but does he deserve to be cast as the principal villain in the 7th Cavalry disaster? His subsequent court of inquiry did …
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: March 31, 2011 at 4:08 pm
No survivors with George Armstrong Custer at the Little Bighorn in June 1876? John Koster, author of Custer Survivor, says otherwise.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: March 31, 2011 at 10:07 am
What killed Operation Citadel? A lot of things.
Alex Kershaw |
Published: March 30, 2011 at 11:01 am
A new biography uncovers fresh revelations about the life of America's greatest-ever spy chief.
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