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The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Summer 2015, Volume 28 Number 2
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FEATURES
Last Days in Berlin
by Robert M. Citino
The bitter end for Nazi Germany was an apocalyptic high-casualty street fight. The Red Army won
Steeplechase in the Carolinas, 1781
by Noah Andre Trudeau
When Nathanael Greene and Charles Cornwallis finally clashed at Guilford Courthouse, Cornwallis had bayonets and discipline. Greene had a surprise—and a war-winning strategy
PORTFOLIO
Waterloo: Remains of the Day
Relics from the battlefield
Scots Peak at Prestonpans
by Ron Soodalter
The legendary defeat of a British army in 1745 was the high point for the doomed Bonnie Prince Charlie, his Jacobite Rebellion, and the Highland way of life
How Julius Caesar Conquered Gaul—and Rome
by Barry Strauss
The ambitious general’s win over Celtic barbarians at Sabis in 57 BC proved less important than his own glorified tale of the battle
Holding the Farm
by Brendan Simms
Napoleon’s main frontal attack at Waterloo was stalled by a single rifle battalion
G-2 From the Ground Up
by Mark Stout
How U.S. Army Intelligence was created by General John J. Pershing’s American Expeditionary Force in World War I
SUBSCRIBER-ONLY BONUS SPECIAL
Days of Thunder
by C. G. Sweeting
The making of Dora, the world’s biggest gun
Extra Round
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DEPARTMENTS
Flashback
Ask MHQ
U.S. invades the Dominican Republic
Behind the Lines
Integrating the U.S. Navy
HistoryNet Reader
Excerpts from our sister magazines
Experience
Facing Pickett’s Charge
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AT THE FRONT
The War List
The plagues of war
Weapons Check
Medieval crossbow
Battle Schemes
Mapping the Cold War, 1953
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Culture of War
Museum Watch
Artists
Gettysburg Cyclorama
Classic Dispatches
Stephen Crane at Velestino
Reviews
George Washington’s leadership, weapons of the Great War, the fall of the Ottomans, Noteworthy Books