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Military History Book Reviews
Kim Wagner set out to discover the man described as “a principal leader in the mutiny of 1857"...
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Military History Book Reviews
Damien Wright’s first book details British and Commonwealth military intervention in the Russian Civil War...
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Military History Book Reviews
Michael Jones sums up Edward of Woodstock as a seasoned warrior, pious leader, obedient son, loving father and wily strategist...
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Military History Book Reviews
Peter Hart offers a fast-paced account of the last gasps of World War I through the eyes of those who fought it...
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Military History, MH Interviews
The marine scientist, oceanographer, author and historical researcher has discovered more than 20 major shipwrecks — and counting...
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Military History Magazine
Sea Dog Francis Drake battled, looted and bought his way from scourge of Spain to Queen Elizabeth’s favorite commander. “That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote William Shakespeare in the 1590s....
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Military History Book Reviews
Charles Spencer follows up on his history of Charles I with this account of his son Charles II...
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MHQ Magazine
Readers respond to stories about the Battle of Prestonpans, the Thirty Years' War, and the War of 1812...
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MHQ
STANLEY WEINTRAUB, published his first biography, about Lawrence of Arabia’s postwar years, in 1963. Since then he has been writing about other notable lives, and about wars, from the rebellion in America to Korea, with many of his books...
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World War II Magazine
KNOWN FOR ITS UNIVERSITY AND SOARING GOTHIC MASTERPIECES, Cambridge, England, has much to offer visitors seeking antiquity and spectacle. Established in 1209, the campus occupies the center of town, where a maze of narrow streets winds its...
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Military History, MH Tools
The man-of-war was a relatively new concept when the English retrofitted Mary Rose with heavy guns—and disastrous consequences...
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Ask Mr. History
What Happened to the Warship Peter Pomegranate?...
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Videos
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(Img: Joseph Yeager/Library of Congress) Following the French Revolution and motivated by the accusations against the British by James Madison, Congress declared war on Great Britain. The infamous War of 1812 which gave birth to the U.S....
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Ask Mr. History
Where can I find more information about the uniform of the “King’s Own Rifles” of the Royal Welsh army during the Napoleonic wars? Marion ? ? ? Dear Marion, The British have published numerous books on their regiments,...
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Ask Mr. History
Who has the most informative report on the Eisenhower – Montgomery conflict? —Tom ? ? ? Dear Tom, Probably any biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard L. Montgomery would have the details of the deterioration of relations...
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Ask Mr. History
Why do historians have trouble understanding what Queen Elizabeth 1 would have looked like? –J.M. ? ? ? Dear J.M., Queen Elizabeth I is a classic example of beauty—or its blemishes—being in the eye of the beholder, many descriptions...
