Laws of War | A Neck for a Neck?
In 1782, just a few years into its nationhood, the United States was forced to grapple with the issue of revenge as an instrument of war
Experience | Tanks for the Memories
In 1918 Captain George S. Patton Jr. sent his wife, Beatrice, a blow-by-blow account of his role in the Saint-Mihiel offensive
The Waste of War
Lethal diseases have ravaged militaries across the millennia. Enemy No. 1: poor sanitation
Behind the Lines | Torture by Water
Throughout the ages, water-based forms of torture have gone by many euphemisms, but the intent has nearly always been the same
Jesse L. Brown: The U.S. Navy’s First Black Aviator
The son of a sharecropper, Mississippi-born Jesse Leeroy Brown would do whatever it took to become a pilot and break the navy's color barrier
