USS Galena failed as an ironclad, but a tight-fisted U.S. Navy returned the ship […]
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The Origins of War
Do we, like the ants, have organized aggression embedded in our genes? Is it a part of human nature? Or is war learned behavior? Can we ever tell when war began, and where?
Civil War Cavalry: Missed Opportunities
Any resemblance to the Napoleonic example was purely coincidental. It is not without reason […]
The War’s Final Firefight – the Mayaguez Incident
The desperate and confused battle triggered by the Mayaguez incident was a disturbing finale […]
Stephen Foster’s Civil War
In his heyday he was America’s foremost popular composer. Then the demons caught up with him.
Revolutionary Spirits
Whiskey had a staggering effect on our history from the get-go. George Washington slept […]
Bywater’s Pacific War Prophecy
No one studied the English naval expert’s strategic blueprint more closely than a Japanese officer named Isoroku Yamamoto–the architect of Pearl Harbor
Exploring America’s Civil War—in Britain
Civil War history and the Beatles inspire American Tom Sebrell, resident academic at Queen […]
One Revolution, Two Wars
Redcoats were not the only enemies of American Independence.
From Cowardice to Courage
For abandoning his post at Bunker Hill, Captain John Callender was court-martialed and cashiered—but […]