Military history

Men and women who serve in the armed forces are subject to a different legal code than those they protect.

One of the central events of modern history, World War I has been poorly presented in English language films.

In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units.

Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history.

Since World War I, nose art has adorned military aircraft around the world.

The signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973 signified the end of the Vietnam War.

From the turn of the 20th century until the end of World War II, the United States Marine Corps fought a series of "e;small wars,"e; starting in the Philippines in 1899, and ending in the islands of the southwest Pacific in 1945.

This is a thorough historiographic review of the Battle of Marathon.

In the final year of World War I, Germany made its first attempt to wage submarine warfare off faraway shores.

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The book chronicles the extensive training and heroic service of the New York National Guard's 104th Field Artillery Regiment from the period of 1916 to 1919.

During World War II, an eccentric band of barnstormers, stunt flyers and commercial pilots joined military recruits to form the Pan American Air Ferries.

In what ways does political trauma influence the art arising from it?

The factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II have been debated for decades.

For the Mexican government to go to war with its more powerful northern neighbor in 1846 was folly.

The Ukrainian crisis that dominated headlines in fall 2013 was decades in the making.

From the very earliest days of organized warfare, combatants have wanted to develop weapons with more firepower.

Carl Von Clausewitz described the purpose of war as "e;the compulsory submission of the enemy to our will.

This collection of accounts of American men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals their personal experiences as military combat personnel.

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George Barnett transformed the United States Marine Corps from an antiquated afterthought to a modern force with an international reputation.

In April 1917, Congress approved President Woodrow Wilson's request to declare war on the Central Powers, thrusting the United States into World War I with the rallying cry, "e;The world must be made safe for democracy.

In 1831, Prussia was consumed by two fears: the possibility of revolution resulting from the 1830 November Uprising of Poland against Russia, and a looming cholera epidemic.

Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy.

For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March--one of the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II--unfolded.

Through a century of movies, the U.

During the Civil War, control of the Mississippi River was hotly contested by both the Union and Confederate armies.

Christopher Gist is a great American hero who has often gone unnoticed.

Britain's peacekeeping role in Southeast Asia after World War II was clear enough but the purpose of the Commonwealth in the region later became shadowy.

The early 20th century saw the founding of the National Security League, a nationalistic nonprofit organization committed to an expanded military, conscripted service and meritocracy.

In the fall of 1983, arguably the coldest year of the decades-long Cold War, the world's greatest superpower invaded Grenada, a Marxist-led Caribbean nation the size of Atlanta.

The German invasion of Poland in September 1939 abruptly ended author Jan Rosinski's student life, and propelled him into an activist role in the Polish resistance organization Armia Krajowa.

After the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Japan's unconditional surrender, America's educational community quickly focused on preparing the younger generation for the atomic age.

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President Bill Clinton, speaking as might any commander-in-chief, on the eve of his decision to deploy ground troops to Bosnia in 1995, declared he had "e;no responsibility more grave than putting soldiers in harm's way.

What happens when a career Marine officer stops believing in the doctrine of the Corps and the official pretexts for war?

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In July 1862, the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade used their significant influence to organize perhaps the most prominent Union artillery unit in the Western Theater.

As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the United States has sought to achieve Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's vision of "e;command of the sea"e; using large battle fleets of capital ships.

Two World Wars engulfed Europe, Asia and the United States, leaving indelible scars on the landscape and survivors.

Between 1817 and 1864, sixteen officers were assigned as Commandants of Cadets at the U.

The book examines Charlie Chaplin's evolving perspective on dark comedy in his three war films, Shoulder Arms (1918), The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947).

This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War.

At the conclusion of World War II, war crimes tribunals were carried out at Nuremberg, Germany.

In Dublin, the War of Irish Independence (1919-1921) was an intense and dirty battle between military intelligence agents.

The battle that unfolded at the Little Big Horn River on June 25, 1876, marked a watershed in the history of the Plains Indians.

The Vietnam War was not going well in 1968.

Eight World War II battles are examined here from the perspective of the U.

Who was most responsible for the Vietnam War?