Volume 3, No. 3
Cover: Sudanese warriors charge the British infantry square at the Battle of Abu Klea. Painting by William Barnes-Wollen. Courtesy of the National Army Museum.
December 2001
Military Heritage
Most history books teach that the War between the States began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries ringing Charleston harbor fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender the following day. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage
The Battle of Gaugamela began on the morning of October 1, 331 bc, when two great armies drew up for battle to determine the destiny of empires. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage
In the 1780s the Founding Fathers of the United States didn’t so much revise the old Articles of Confederation as devise an entirely new government as set forth in the Constitution. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage
During the 1920s and 1930s Great Britain built up its Far East defenses steadily if slowly, centering around Singapore as its primary naval base in the Pacific area. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage
Until weapons technology made it redundant, the infantry square was a most effective and versatile formation. It needed no ditches or palisades; it could stand its ground, advance, or retreat; and it could offer a wall of fire on all four sides. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Editorial
History is like a limitless forest. More out there than you can ever take in. Turn over a stone and who knows what discoveries abound. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Communique
Dear Editor:
I appreciated Bud Hyland’s August 2001 sketch of the scouting forces established by the several services, and can agree in general with his statements about their essential contributions. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Soldiers
The ancient city of Selinus, a major trading center in Cilicia, sat atop a steep outcropping of rock that rises abruptly from the edge of the Mediterranean on the southern coast of Asia Minor, now modern Turkey. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Weapons
When one thinks back to the weapons of mass destruction that emerged in the 20th century, usually the atomic bomb or poison gas come to mind. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Sabotage! Espionage! Mutiny!” Kurt Jahnke, German Chief of Naval Intelligence for North America, read the dispatch from Berlin in his Mexico City headquarters directing him to launch secret missions into Arizona. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Militaria
The debate over the outcome of famous battles, or how aspects of them might have happened differently, often begins almost before the wounded have healed or the long-lasting results have been understood. Read more
December 2001
Military Heritage, Books
An unimaginable plight and an insufferable experience is a fitting way to describe the Bataan Death March in the spring of 1942. Read more
