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FEATURES
Cover Story
The End Was Near
By Michael Dobbs
New information about the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis shows just how close the world came to nuclear Armageddon
The Overmountain Men
By Thomas B. Allen
Backwoods hunters changed American history at Kings Mountain in 1780
The Unexpected Guerrilla
By Nigel Jones
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck bedeviled the Allies for years in World War I Africa
Portfolio: The Forgotten War in Color
American reporter John Rich captured the Korean War in vibrant Kodachrome
Justice by Firing Squad
By Fred L. Borch
General Anton Dostler executed American POWs—and paid for it with his own life in December 1945
Rome’s Big Idea
By Williamson Murray
Was there an overarching strategy behind the empire’s rise?
On the cover: President John F. Kennedy takes a trying phone call early in an administration riddled with crises, including the one in Cuba. (Estate of Jacques Lowe)
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Interview
Sebastian Junger: On Combat in Afghanistan
What We Learned…
By Wade G. Dudley
from the Siege of Vicksburg
Valor
By Stephen Harding
Henry L. Hulbert: The Gentleman Marine
Hand Tool
By Jon Guttman
Roman Gladius and Scutum
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Power Tool
By Jon Guttman
City-Class Civil War Gunboats
Letter from Military History
Reviews
Hallowed Ground
By David T. Zabecki
La Fière Causeway, Normandy, France
War Games
Weapons We’re Glad They Never Built
By Rick Meyerowitz
Weapons of the Gods, Part I |
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