Thirty years after the Battle of Mogadishu, the US continues waging war in Somalia. Introduction 30 years...
Warfare
Greeks were ‘the first to endure the sight of Median clothing and of the men wearing it’....
His treatment of the battle is evocative of the Iliad. It is late afternoon on the day...
The rhetoric of the Persian Wars was central to Alexander’s goal of forging panhellenic unity. Introduction In...
Have you ever seen Doughboys go over the top and charge into “No Man’s Land”? The year...
They feared that the highly mechanized, technocratic warfare that was developing in the mid-20th century. Nuclear war...
No American writer is more associated with writing about war in the early 20th century than Ernest...
By making the world safe for democracy, the “Hello Girls” boosted suffrage back home. In 1917, U.S....
Amidst the specter of “warbot” armies, it is easy to miss the AI revolution that is underway....
All the archers in the Roman army, be they on foot or mounted, used the “Mediterranean” shooting...
FDR delivered his six-minute address to a joint session of Congress and a nationwide radio audience. Introduction...
In Axis countries the people’s war was fought in darkness behind the doors of the torture chamber....
The Late Roman Republic’s more active military policies concerning the region began to jeopardize their hegemony. Introduction...
For Roosevelt, the Spanish-American War fulfilled a lifelong dream. Among Theodore Roosevelt’s many accomplishments were two terms...
Having a key to unlock encoded messages is the vital component of any secure communication. The Navajo...
The colony underwent a transformation remarkably similar to the state-building process of the great European powers. ‘Join...
The United States was undergoing a political spasm, with people becoming nearly jingoist about recent foreign immigrants....
American soldiers devoured paperbacks on the front lines, spawning a new generation of readers. In January 1942,...
A consensus now prevails that the origins of the Korean War date from at least World War...
Soviet citizens never saw most of the Western cultural treasures brought home. Introduction World War II resulted...
As the code talker program grew, so did the development of the code. By Adam Jevec As...
The real needs of humanity haven’t changed since Ike’s time. More guns won’t serve the cause of...
The interactions with the stronger forces of the period certainly stigmatized the area. Introduction The Aetolian League...
The characterization of raiding as ‘primitive’ reinforced modernization narratives of ‘civilization’. Introduction ‘A raid is hardly more...
He saw military strength as the means to achieve national greatness. Introduction I will have no criticism...
The soldiers’ morale, closely linked with training and organization, could make the difference on battlefield. The resounding...
The Spanish-American War showed the navy that the Marine Corps had a role in their future war...
The first war in recorded history was between Sumer and Elam around 2700 BCE. Introduction Ancient Mesopotamian warfare progressed...
He wanted to assure his constituents that they would have an armed militia for internal security. A...
He asked for a strengthened navy, coastal fortifications, more artillery and cavalry, but only a provisional army....