Military History
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Published: May 07, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Weider History Group received the following media release from Norwich University, which was not only the first private military college in the United States, it is the birthplace of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). As the birthplace of ROTC, …
Gene Santoro |
Published: May 07, 2013 at 10:50 am
The Ultimate Warfare series on TV: a grunt's view of key battles in the modern era
Published: May 07, 2013 at 10:49 am
MHQ editors recommend great summer reads
Published: May 03, 2013 at 3:31 pm
Aviation History Reader Poll
At an estimated cost of $135 million per airplane, Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter is the most expensive weapons program in U.S. history. When the fighter finally becomes fully operational, will it be …
Nicholas O'Dell |
Published: May 03, 2013 at 2:42 pm
View our exclusive animation and preview our story about the bold British raid on Germany’s strategic river dams.
Published: May 01, 2013 at 5:08 pm
The July 2013 issue of Military History features stories about the rules of war, penicillin's role in healing soldiers, the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, the U.S. military Code of Conduct, the 1527 Sack of Rome and the tumultuous early career of General Winfield Scott.
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Of the nearly 400 fast, light and heavily armed patrol boats Elco made for the U.S. Navy during World War II, a few achieved notoriety and one survives today as a museum ship.
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 4:15 pm
By 1867 the Studebaker brothers had provided the U.S. Army with 6,000 vehicles, including supply wagons, gun caissons and ambulances.
Ron Soodalter |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 4:05 pm
The young officer survived court-martial, a duel and the War of 1812 to become one of America’s greatest commanders
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Invisible Armies, by author-historian Max Boot, is an authoritative and superbly written examination of the evolution of guerrilla warfare and its close cousin, terrorism.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 3:38 pm
In his new book historian Thomas Boghardt examines just what impact the Zimmerman Telegram had on America's decision to formally enter into World War I.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 3:37 pm
In Napalm: An American History, author Robert Neer describes how this World War II invention came to be regarded as archetype of inhumane weapons.
Published: May 01, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Parker's research links global climate change to widespread warfare in the 17th century. (Jussi Puikkonen/KNAW)In his big new book, Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the 17th Century, distinguished historian Geoffrey Parker addresses a very big subject: …
Published: May 01, 2013 at 12:08 pm
What would you recommend an international tribunal do if an accused or convicted violator of international law refuses to submit to due process? Should international law trump a nation's sovereign law?…
Published: May 01, 2013 at 11:48 am
Readers' letters in the July 2013 issue of Military History sound off about camouflage and a 'Chia Tank,' the Chosin Reservoir, Lithuania's Forest Brothers, the Davy Crockett atomic cannon and Sir Francis Drake.
Michael W. Robbins |
Published: May 01, 2013 at 10:01 am
Military history is not just a chronicle of organized violence; it is also a history of the development of human organizations and the effects of ideas on human behavior.
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