MHQ Reviews: Nuclear Folly — A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
It is tempting to think that, 60 years and multiple historical accounts later, there is nothing new to be learned or said about this seminal episode of the Cold War
How the U.S. Used ‘Laws of War’ to Hang Dakota Indians After 1862 Uprising
Should European-American concepts of lawful warfare have been applied to what were long-established practices of the Dakota Indians?
The Pajama Pilot Over Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Phil Rasmussen raced to his plane the moment he spotted a Japanese aircraft in the sky over Wheeler Army Airfield
How CBS News Reporter Richard C. Hottelet Became a ‘Guest’ of the Gestapo
His account of being arrested and held as a suspected spy
Wired for Success: The U.S. Telegraph Corps
Anson Stager, a brilliant executive of the Western Union Telegraph Company, had a lot to do with the North’s victory in the Civil War
Scenes from the South Pacific: Robert Greenhalgh for Yank Magazine
“I tried to reflect the life of a soldier as he was going about his work,” Robert Greenhalgh once said of his drawings for Yank in World War II
One of the Most Consequential Weapons in Military History: A Wristwatch
In wars throughout history, for better or for worse, the clock has always been ticking
Last Gasp at Granville: The Daring German Attack on Allied-Occupied France
In 1945 a German raiding force from the Channel Islands launched a daring attack on a port in Allied-occupied France
How Harlem Hellfighter James Reese Europe Became a Ragtime Legend
“He was our benefactor and inspiration,” Eubie Blake, the jazz great, once said of James Reese Europe, who wielded a baton, not a rifle, for much of World War I
Poland’s Men in Blue and Their Struggle for Independence
Józef Haller dreamed of an army that would help bring about the return of an independent Poland
How the Plane Crash Scene in ‘1917’ Set Me on the Trail of My Grandfather
A dramatic scene in 1917, the film directed by Sam Mendes, set the author on the trail of his grandfather in World War I
Operation Desert Storm and the ‘JDAM Revolution’
During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the U.S. Air Force dropped hundreds of laser-guided and infrared-imaging precision guided munitions on Iraqi targets
How Magicians Became the Great Deceivers of War
In one way or another, these 10 famous prestidigitators used their talents to serve their countries in time of war
MHQ Reviews: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty
The Battle of Valcour Island, fought on Lake Champlain in 1776, was the climactic naval action of the Revolutionary War
Ode to a Patriot: Poetry of the Spanish Civil War
'Fatherlands called to you with all their banners'
Legitimate? What Qualifies as a Military Target in Societies Throughout History
Societies throughout history have struggled with the matter of who, or what, can be a legitimate target for military action
