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Jack Weatherford’s ‘Emperor of the Seas’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Mongols were always a dangerous force on land, with massive armies of horsemen employing great mobility to defeat their foes. Read more
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Walter Howell’s ‘Fallen Comrade’
By Christopher Miskimon
Waller King, Joe Albritton and Homer Ainsworth grew up in the same neighborhood in Clinton, Mississippi. They knew each other at school, in church and everyday life. Read more
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John P. Langellier’s ‘More Work than Glory’
By Christopher MiskimonSoon after the Civil War, the United States Congress authorized the formation of six regiments of African-American troops, soon reduced to four. Read more
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Stephen Quick’s ‘The Dhofar War’
By Christopher MiskimonFrom 1965 to 1975, the Sultanate of Oman fought a counterinsurgency campaign against a communist backed revolt in Dhofar Province, a remote and barren area. Read more
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The Wars of the Roses: The Medieval Art of Graham Turner
By Christopher MiskimonThe period of conflict in the second half of the 15th Century, known generally as the Wars of the Roses, is one of the more chaotic and dramatic times in British history. Read more
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Nils Elmark’s ‘Fighting for the French Foreign Legion’
By Christopher MiskimonOn August 24, 1914, 44 Americans joined the French Foreign Legion to fight the new war against Germany. Read more
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Cameron Colby’s ‘Jamestown 1622’
By Christopher MiskimonEnglish settlers arrived in North America and established the Jamestown colony in 1607. They hoped for fortune growing tobacco and maintained difficult relations with the Powhatan Confederacy. Read more
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Eric Setzekorn’s ‘Arming East Asia’
By Christopher MiskimonAfter China fell to Communist rule in 1949, it became a new threat to the West in the fledgling Cold War. Read more
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Mark Stille’s ‘Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle’
By Christopher MiskimonJapan’s striking force sailed for Midway on May 27, 1942, a day later than planned, after some late preparations were complete. Read more
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Flint Whitlock’s ‘To the Last Cartridge, Book II’
By Christopher MiskimonThere are no large cities and few sizable towns in Normandy between Cherbourg and Caen. One of those towns is Sainte-Mère Église, a crossroads valuable for the invading Allied forces in June 1944. Read more
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Robert Kershaw’s ‘The Hill’
By Christopher MiskimonCaptain Stanton Johnson’s company of New Zealand infantry slowly recovered from a bombing raid by the German Luftwaffe. Read more
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Harry Yeide’s ‘Betting Against America’
By Christopher MiskimonThe United States played an important role at the end of World War I. Even during the 1930s, gripped by economic depression, America had enormous actual and potential industrial capacity. Read more
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John T. Kuehn’s ‘Strategy in Crisis’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Pacific War of 1941-1945 really stems from the Sino-Japanese conflicts of the 1930s. It most likely would not have happened had Japan not been embroiled in a war in China, which began with sporadic skirmishing and “incidents” in the early 1930s. Read more
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Gregory Fontenot’s ‘No Sacrifice Too Great’
By Christopher MiskimonThe U.S. 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed “Big Red One” for its distinctive shoulder patch, fought during the entirety of U.S. Read more
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Samuel de Korte’s ‘Tuskegee Airmen’
By Christopher Miskimon
The 332nd Fighter Group was the only segregated American fighter group to see combat service during World War II. Read more
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Jaap Jan Brouwer’s ‘The German Way of War on the Eastern Front’
By Christopher MiskimonThe Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union that began on June 22, 1941, involved three million German troops and their allies, against nearly five million Soviet soldiers. Read more
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Simon Schuster’s ‘The Showman’
By Christopher MiskimonThe distant thundering of Russian missiles and bombs awoke Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine, at 4:30 a.m. Read more
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Terrence Loveridge’s ‘ The Road Past Monchy’
By Christopher MiskimonThe village of Monchy-le-Preux sits on a low hill east of Arras. During World War I, this otherwise minor local became a focal point for the hellish fighting of that conflict. Read more
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Jeffrey J. Matthews’ ‘Generals and Admirals, Criminals and Crooks’
By Christopher MiskimonThere are many American flag officers who stand as exemplars of duty, integrity and honor. Unfortunately, there are others whose legacies are examples of immoral and unethical conduct, lessons in what not to do. Read more
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Mikael Cook’s ‘Life and Death at Abbey Gate’
By Christopher MiskimonAs the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, the situation quickly became chaotic. A group of veterans, intelligence operatives and even legislative aides worked to evacuate Afghans who had worked with them for two decades and were now being left behind. Read more
