Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee: ‘Do While You Can’
Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.
Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam
The U.S. Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual contains gems such as infantry “patrol tips,” maneuver techniques, and fighting methods for various environments
‘The ‘Sneaken’est Man’ Book Review
Jim Harmon presents short stories of Montana people and places drawn from newspapers of yesteryear
‘Jo Mora’ Book Review
Peter Hiller profiles Jo Mora, the Uruguayan-born artist who left a legacy of art in various media across the American West
How CIA and Special Forces Tested Counterinsurgency Strategy in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
In 1961, the CIA’s clandestine Combined Studies Group, along with U.S. Special Forces, began experimenting with a program to organize a group of Vietnam's Highland tribes known collectively as “Montagnards”
CIA’s Secrets in Laos Brought Into Light
Only recently have documents concerning the CIA’s behind-the-scenes espionage in Laos been declassified, which the author reveals in unprecedented detail
Army Pilot Recalls Fights in Vietnam—and With Pentagon
In 2008, Tallon was finally awarded a Purple Heart, which he had not received because his plane’s crash was officially characterized as a “non-hostile” accident
‘Augustine Chacón’ Book Review
David Grassé plumbs the records to separate the myth from facts about Arizona outlaw Augustine Chacón
Clement Vallandigham Reexamined: A Review of Lincoln’s Northern Nemesis
At most a footnote figure, he is chiefly remembered as the target of an aggressive federal crackdown on free speech
‘From the River to the Sea’ Book Review
John Sedgwick describes the race between railroad barons of the American West to reach the Pacific Coast with tracks
‘Richard III’ Book Review
MIchael Hicks presents a revealing biography of Richard III, last Yorkist king of England, amid the Wars of the Roses
‘The Katyn Massacre, 1940’ Book Review
Thomas Urban relates the April/May 1940 massacre of some 22,000 Polish officers by soldiers of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union during World War II
A Marine Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice and Why He Did It
Dickey knew exactly what he was doing and what it would cost him when he unhesitatingly leapt on grenades, as Lang proves through eyewitness accounts
‘Red Star Versus Rising Sun’ Book Review
Adrien Fontanellaz argues that the 1931–38 invasion of Manchuria and conflict between Japan and Russia marked the true beginning of World War II
‘Churchill, Master and Commander’ Book Review
Anthony Tucker-Jones traces Winston Churchill's rise from young military officer to victorious British prime minister at the close of World War II
‘George Jellicoe’ Book Review
Nicholas Jellicoe presents a biography of his father, George Jellicoe, a storied British commando in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II
