October 2008
Military Heritage
Unholy Sabbath in Flanders
By William E. WelshWith his one good eye, French King Philip II looked east down the straight line of an old Roman road in the disputed county of Flanders on Sunday, July 27, 1214. Read more
Military Heritage
October 2008
Volume 10, No. 2
COVER: Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., poses in front of a tank at the Tank Corps school near Langres, France, July 15, 1918. Photo courtesy of the National Archives. The article begins on page 42
October 2008
Military Heritage
Duel in the Desert: Operation Crusader’s Battle of Bardia
By Allyn VannoyThe desert sky lit up like a summer lightning storm on the night of December 31, 1941. The distant thunder of hundreds of guns rolled across the sandy, stony ground. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage
Bloodbath at the Colline Gate
By Barry PorterBy the winter of 82 bc, the Roman civil war had been raging off and on for six years. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage
Patton in WWI
By John MikolsevekHistory is full of great men and great deeds. All American schoolchildren know the story of George Washington crossing the Delaware River in the dead of winter during the Revolutionary War. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage
Texan Victory at San Jacinto: Eighteen Minutes to Freedom
By John WalkerAs long afternoon shadows rolled across the prairie near the confluence of the Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River in eastern Texas on April 21, 1836, two armed camps—one a small Texan force, the other a 1,400-man-strong Mexican army—lay within a scant 1,000 yards of each another. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Editorial
From Bouvines to the Magna Carta, and the Founding Fathers
Every war has unintended consequences— that’s why the wise leader never starts one. When King John returned to England in October 1214 from the European continent after yet another defeat at the hands of his lifelong enemies, the French, he faced perhaps the greatest unintended consequence in world history. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Weapons
The USS Macon
By John J. GeogheganIt is sometimes difficult to understand just how immature aviation was in the 1920s and 1930s. Everything about flying was new. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Samuel White Baker: British Explorer and Abolitionist
By Gregory PedutoThe men of the expeditionary force beat a hasty retreat through the seven-foot-tall African grasses. Poison-tipped arrows let loose by pursuing Bunyoro warriors rained down upon them in deadly torrents. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Intelligence
The Fourth Fitna: A Family Feud that Crippled a Caliphate
By Jefferson M. GreyTo his contemporaries, Harun al-Rashid, fifth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, seemed the most fortunate of men. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Militaria
Collecting Medieval Military Books
By William McPeakThe special packaging of the printed word between compact durable covers and a stitched spine—the book—is one of humanity’s greatest and most enduring achievements. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Books
The Man Who Transformed the Presidency
By Al HemingwayNever let it be said that James Knox Polk was not a determined man. Although he suffered from ill health most of his life, this did not deter Polk from working tirelessly to rise to the top in politics as a Democrat, with fellow-Tennessean Andrew Jackson as his mentor. Read more
October 2008
Military Heritage, Games
Revolution: “Just one more turn!”
By Eric T. BakerSid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, from Firaxis for the Xbox 360, PS3, and DS, is not a traditional war simulation. Read more
