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The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Autumn 2013, Volume 26, Number 1
FEATURES
Honor, Oil, and Blood
by O’Brien Browne
How the Middle East’s most enduring peace was forged from the brutal fighting of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973
Snubbed!
by Ernest B. Furgurson
The Union’s George Thomas was one of the Civil War’s greatest—and least appreciated—generals
[Combat Takes to the Air]
‘Inventions of the Devil’
by Max Hastings
The planes of the Great War terrified soldiers and civilians on the ground and changed combat forever
ONLINE EXTRA GALLERY
[PORTFOLIO]
Sky High
A selection of paintings by two World War I airmen dazzled by what they saw from the cockpit
When Japan Bombed Oregon
by Bill Yenne
After the 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo, the Japanese attacked the U.S. mainland with a bomber launched from a submarine
[MHQ’s 25th Anniversary]
Echoes of War
The best from a quarter century of MHQ. Plus—Max Boot, Eliot Cohen, Gary Gallagher, and other historians pick their favorite battles and generals
* FREE * PDF OF THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY BONUS SECTION
The Pilot, the Prince, and the Rescue
by Duane Schultz
A U.S. airman teamed with a Romanian noble to save 1,161 Americans during World War II
CULTURE OF WAR
Gift Book
Tim Newark’s The Book of Camouflage: The Art of Disappearing studies camo as an artifact-and as eye candy
Reviews
The Deserters of WWII, Brothers in Arms in the Korean War, Vikings take the screen, and Conrad Black charts America’s rise to dominance
Artists
Vanity press for a samurai
Poetry
Defending the Alamo
Cover caption: General Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan, Israel’s defense minister, meet during the October War of 1973. Egypt and Syria lost the war but embarrassed Israel’s vaunted military. (© Micha Bar Am/Magnum Photos)
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