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FEATURES
Cover Story
Slugfest on the Suez
By David T. Zabecki
Egypt caught Israel by surprise on Yom Kippur 1973 with a seemingly decisive attack across the Suez Canal—that is, until IDF armor struck back
The Best Medicine
By Richard A. Gabriel
Roman military medicine was centuries ahead of its time
Portfolio: Images of Combat the Hard Way
French-Vietnamese combat photographer Henri Huet captured war at the very front lines
When the Warriors Stood Down
By Lucian K. Truscott IV
Allied generals faced one more struggle in postwar Germany
Kublai Khan vs. Kamikaze
By James P. Delgado
unexpected Japanese foe thwarted the Mongol leader’s invasions
Drones Don’t Die
By P.W. Singer
How military robots rose from ridiculed curiosities to lifesaving weapons
On the cover: A Soviet-built Egyptian tank smolders in the desert along the Suez Canal during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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News
Interview
Frank Woodruff Buckles, 110, Last of the Doughboys
What We Learned…
By Stephan Wilkinson
from the Suez Crisis
Valor
By Stephen Harding
Karl W. Richter: Young Man on a Mission
Decisions
By Edward G. Lengel
Maj. Gen. Sir William Howe’s Wishful Thinking
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Hand Tool
By Jon Guttman
Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
Power Tool
By Jon Guttman
Goliath Tracked Mine
Letter from Military History
Reviews
Hallowed Ground
By David T. Zabecki
The Kahlenberg, Vienna, Austria
War Games
Weapons We’re Glad They Never Built
By Rick Meyerowitz
Sun-tzu’s Xec Yu Toy |
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