February 1991, the Gulf War. Republican Guard units defend the flank of the Iraqi army occupying Kuwait. The Battle of 73 Easting was named after a north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", measured ...

On June 8, 1972, the photograph of a naked, frightened child running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War was taken.

This brief historical sketch brings us to how the American and Israeli militaries of today have adopted a ...

A new book makes the case that farmers in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest were not bystanders to America’s rise as a ...

In this well written, deeply researched, and persuasively argued book, Horne (A Savage War of Peace), the venerable British military historian, looks at six critical battles of the 20th century ...

Beevor’s second choice is the two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler by British historian Ian Kershaw - a work he describes as ...

Let’s give thanks to those who gave all in Iraq and Afghanistan, bordering on forgotten wars though they’re our most recent.