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Military History Magazine
In The Trojan War: A New History, (Simon and Schuster, New York, 2006, $26), Barry S. Strauss, professor of history and classics at Cornell University and author of The Battle of Salamis, investigates a topic from Hellenic prehistory. A...
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Military History Magazine
The Trojans got tricked, but did the Greeks need a wooden horse? He is the last Greek at Troy. Pale in the morning light, he looks like a weak, ragged runaway. But looks can deceive. Sinon, as he is called, claims to be a deserter— the...
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MHQ Magazine
In 1966 the U.S. military desperately needed more troops in Vietnam. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara had a plan to get them...
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MHQ Magazine
A Roman general sets his nets to catch Spartacus at Bruttium. It was a winter morning in the mountains of southern Italy, in early 71 BC. Normally it was silent at this time of year, when even the herdsmen had left for lower ground. On...
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MHQ Magazine
When Theodore Ayrault Dodge, the American Civil War historian known for his love of the ancient generals, dubbed Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar “great captains” in 1889, imperial ambition was some- thing to be admired. Today, after...
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MHQ Issues, MHQ Table of Contents
The Summer 2015 edition of MHQ features articles on the battle for Hitler's Berlin, Waterloo's decisive hour, Caesar's rise to power, the Jacobite Rebellion, American Revolution and more....
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Geronimo, HistoryNet
Dozens of recommended books, DVDs and more for history buffs, selected by Weider History Group's editors from among the year's best offerings....
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MHQ Table of Contents
The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Summer 2012, Volume 24, Number 4...
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MHQ Table of Contents
MHQ Home Page Subscribe to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History today! The Summer 2011 issue of MHQ will be available on newsstands May 17, 2011. You can also visit the HistoryNet store to order your copy today! FEATURES Play...
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MHQ Departments
Barry Strauss picks six revolts that echo today's headlines from the Middle East and Africa....
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MHQ Table of Contents
Did Lee Doom Himself at Gettysburg?
by Noah Andre Trudeau
Trusting bad intelligence and saying far too little to his generals, he sealed the Rebels’ fate....
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MHQ
At Thermopylae a king and three hundred of his soldiers set the standard for battle to the death against overwhelming odds....
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MHQ
Missiles fell on the capital city of Iraq. The invaders were speedy and destructive, compelling surrender, occupying much of the country. It sounds like today's headlines, but it comes instead from ancient Rome's 600-year struggle for...
