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.

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A new academic study reveals how Cold War paranoia, space medicine, and germ theory collided in one of the most bizarre ...

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 ...