Book Review: January Moon
Jerome Greene looks at the Northern Cheyennes' desperate and ultimately tragic 1878–79 flight for freedom
Tommy’s Other Guns: Firearms Inventor John T. Thompson
Thompson’s namesake submachine gun became the stuff of legend, but his other firearms and ammunition innovations are nothing to sneeze at
November 2020 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about trench art, the proximity fuze in maritime combat and D-Day invasion stripes
Book Review: The War Queens
Father-daughter authors Jonathan W. and Emily Anne Jordan profile 13 of history's most prominent female war leaders
Book Highlights WWII Germany’s Bizarre’s Obsession with Posing with Polar Bear Mascots
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
“Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta
In a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than a grade school education, George Beurling was obsessed with flying and shooting and confessed to love to partner his passions.
American History Review: How the Victors Divvyed the Spoils at Yalta
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill
Last Air Battles of World War II
Confusion reigned 75 years ago when Japan announced its surrender but pilots on both sides kept fighting.
Another Italian Misadventure in the Battle of Britain
When the Italian air force pitted biplanes against Hurricanes and Spitfires in the Battle of Britain, the outcome wasn't pretty.
Book Review: Sand Creek and the Tragic End of a Lifeway
Louis Kraft takes another look at the 1864 Sand Creek massacre, the beginning of the end for the Cherokee and Arapaho way of life
Finding Valor and Meaning on North Africa’s Battlefields
A band of well-heeled altruists described as "Harvard grads, glamour boys & career men" left behind charmed lives to man ambulances for the Armed Field Service.
Book Review: Double Crossed
Matthew Sutton follows four U.S. missionaries and religious leaders tapped by the Office of Strategic Services during World War II
