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The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Autumn 2014, Volume 27, Number 1
FEATURES
[POINT OF VIEW]
Irregular Warfare: Strength or Weakness?
by Douglas Porch
How legends of T. E. Lawrence’s guerrilla forces in Arabia and Orde Wingate’s Chindit special ops in Burma fatally beguiled the French at Dien Bien Phu
Stalin Attacks the Red Army
by Roger R. Reese
Stalin had been purging his enemies—real and chimerical—for years, including military officers. Then the 1941 German invasion exposed the Red Army’s real problems
Tidewater Terror, 1622
by Ron Soodalter
‘Continual fear and danger of violent death’
How to Prepare for a Battle
by James S. Corum
At Riga in 1917, the German Eighth Army showed the Russians how it’s done
[PORTFOLIO]
O Say Can You See
by K. M. Kostyal
After 200 years the Star-Spangled Banner still waves
The Rock of Legend
by Edward G. Lengel
The world’s premier natural fortress, Gibraltar has always been a tough nut to crack
The Curse of Cromwell
by Jim Lacey and Sharon Tosi Lacey
His soldiering was ruthless, brilliant, and backed by faith
Great Guns!
by David T. Zabecki
Benchmark artillery pieces that shaped military history
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY BONUS SPECIAL
Controlling Changsha
by Michael A. Bonura
How Napoleonic strategy and tactics influenced generations of American officers
Extra Round
CULTURE OF WAR
Museum Watch
Reviews
FDR leads the nation to war; navies launched from both sides of the Atlantic; and Antulio Echevarria reconsiders the American way of war
Artists
Martyrs for God and Spain
Cover caption: T. E. Lawrence’s “people’s war” in Arabia and Orde Wingate’s special operations in Africa and Asia ushered in a new way of war. (Left: William Vandivert/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images; right: James A. Cannavino Library, Archives & Special Collections, Marist College)
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