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The Death of Pancho Villa
by Michael HaskewIn the July 5, 1922, edition of the New York Tribune, the poem “Unconvinced” by James J. Montague was published. Read more
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How Jean Rapp Saved Napoleon Bonaparte’s Life… Three Times
By Blaine TaylorFew mortals commanded such intense devotion from their troops as did French Emperor Napoleon I, and fewer soldiers still can claim to have had a direct hand in helping to save the life of their commander. Read more
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Napoleon Bonaparte’s Prelude to the Battle of Waterloo
By Michael HaskewPolitical unrest in France and public disenchantment with King Louis XVIII prompted exiled emperor Napoleon Bonaparte to return to his country from the island of Elba in the spring of 1815. Read more
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Winfield Scott Hancock & George Armstrong Custer After Hancock’s War
By Roy Morris, Jr.Tall, handsome, and ramrod-straight Winfield Scott Hancock perfectly embodied his flattering nickname, “Hancock the Superb.” His performance on Civil War battlefields from Antietam to Gettysburg underscored that sobriquet. Read more
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Benito Mussolini Ousted: Behind His Fall From Power
by Michael HaskewKing Victor Emmanuel III waited impatiently at the Villa Savoia in Rome on the afternoon of July 25, 1943. Read more
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Game Features: Verdun
by James HartMost of us have heard the old adage describing war as “months of boredom punctuated by moments of extreme terror,” and World War I is likely its most shining example. Read more
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Behind the Names: The Cornell War Memorial
By Flint WhitlockWhenever I look at names on a war memorial, I can’t help but wonder about who those people were, what they looked like, what kinds of lives they led, and the circumstances of their deaths. Read more
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Pancho Villa: Rise of a Revolutionary
by Michael HaskewLike so many other prominent leaders in history, Doroteo Arango Arambula was born in obscurity, the son of a poor sharecropper in San Juan del Rio in the state of Durango, Mexico. Read more
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The Birth of U.S. Military Aviation
by Brad ReynoldsOn March 25, 1898, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt recommended that two officers “of scientific attainment and practical ability” be appointed to investigate the Samuel P. Read more
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John Pope vs. Little Crow: The Sioux Uprising
By Roy Morris Jr.John Pope’s second campaign as an army commander went considerably better than his first. Not that it did his reputation—or Abraham Lincoln’s, for that matter—any particular good. Read more
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World War I: Inception of the Aircraft Carrier
By Brad ReynoldsIn 1898, Samuel P. Langley’s first flying prototype sparked interest from the U.S. Navy, which immediately began looking for military applications. Read more
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Operation Niagara & the Battle of Khe Sanh
By Brad ReynoldsAs American involvement in Vietnam escalated throughout the 1960s, American military commanders struggled to justify their strategy of attrition and prove that an end to the war was in sight. Read more
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Pancho Villa & General John J. Pershing’s Punitive Expedition
by Michael HaskewFive days after the March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in which at least 17 Americans were killed, President Woodrow Wilson instructed General John J. Read more
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The Life of a Military Historian: Walking Through the D-Day Invasion
by Flint Whitlock
One of the great things about being a military historian is that you get to go places and meet people you might not ordinarily get to see and meet. Read more
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Benito Mussolini & Count Galeazzo Ciano
by Michael HaskewAllied victory in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, meant only one thing for the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. Read more
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Walt Whitman—The Civil War’s One-Man Sanitary Commission
by Roy Morris Jr.When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, the great American poet Walt Whitman was a man on the skids, personally and professionally. Read more
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The Korean War: The MiG 15 & MiG Alley
By Brad ReynoldsThe Korean War was not only a landmark conflict under the guidance of the United Nations, but it was also the first serious testing ground for jet-to-jet combat. Read more
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What I did last summer (and fall)
One of the great things about being a military historian is that you get to go places and meet people you might not ordinarily get to see and meet. Read more
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Game Reviews: Top Gun: Hard Lock for the XBOX 360
by Joseph LusterI have strangely fond memories of the original Top Gun game. I say “strangely” because, for all intents and purposes, it was practically impossible for myself and almost everyone else I knew at the time. Read more
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Rare Photos of Adolf Hitler’s Atlantic Wall
By James HartIt was built by forced laborers and designed to defend over 2,000 miles of coastline from the Allies. Read more
