The Crucible of Antioch: The Pivotal Clash of the First Crusade
Fortunes turned for the opposing Christian and Muslim armies in this pivotal clash of the 1095–99 First Crusade
Washington’s Survival Depended on Makeshift Flotilla
Small force of Navy ships battled Confederate guns to keep the Potomac open for traffic
What We Learned From…The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
Frederick invaded Silesia, Maria Theresa dispatched a 20,000-man army under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg to eject him, and the War of the Austrian Succession was on
Book Review: Rampage
James Scott relates the 1945 Battle of Manila and the devastating toll the Japanese exacted on everyday Filipinos
How Navy Hero Dorie Miller’s Bravery Helped Fight Discrimination in the U.S. Military
Dorie Miller, the first American hero of World War II, helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do
Prince William and the Bloody Battle of the Boyne
Fought on July 1, 1690, just north of Dublin, the Battle of the Boyne was among the most significant battles in the long, religiously charged struggle between England and Ireland.
Book Review: Big Week
James Holland recounts Operation Argument, the February 1944 bombing campaign over Germany that also knocked the Luftwaffe out of World War II
Escape From Paris: An Interview with Author Stephen Harding
This book is The Nightingale meets All the Light We Cannot See, only it's all true.
‘When in doubt, lash out’: The 82nd Airborne’s Crossing of the Waal River, 75 Years Later
The largest airborne assault the world has ever seen collides with the bloody realities on the ground.
Book Review: Appel
Joel Adam Struthers relates his rigorous training and exploits as a French Foreign Legionnaire in 1990s Africa
Book Review: The Crusader Armies
Steve Tibble takes a decidedly unconventional look at the Crusades, considering its sedentary and nomadic opponents and even the weather
Book Review: Air War Varsity
Martin Bowman delivers the first comprehensive history of Varsity, World War II's largest airborne operation
How the Ottomans Collapsed the Byzantine Empire
The Turkish dynasty rose from the dying embers of another once great empire
Book Review: With Their Bare Hands
Gene Fax delivers an epic account of the 1918 Battle of Montfaucon—American doughboys' drive on the Meuse-Argonne front
The Breaking of Harry Morant
In 1901 Lieutenant Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant went on a killing spree in South Africa after the death of his friend and comrade in arms
