War & Defence Operations

General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second lar...

How the Vietnam War changed American artBy the late 1960s, the United States was in a pitched conflict in Vietnam, against a foreign enemy, and at ...

Considered by many to be the architect of the modern U.S. Army, Union General Emory Upton commanded troops in almost every major battle of the C...

* Shortlisted for the Palestine Book Awards 2016* Modern warfare has a new form. The days of international combat are fading. So how do major worl...

As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (181776) earned areputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, andfor losing...

This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the Western States and Territories during t...

The American War for Independence was under way before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but the Continental Army didn't have the ...

Virginia saw significant action during the War of 1812, from the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair to the defense of Norfolk against British invaders. M...

Captain George N. Bliss of the First Rhode Island Cavalry survived some 27 actions during the Civil War. Midway through the war, he served nine ...

Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured. Intense propaganda and limited press coverage during the war, coupled...

Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British c...

Often neglected by historians, actions in Missouri and Kansas had an important influence on the course of the Civil War, with profound effects f...

In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Uni...

After more than three years of grim fighting, General Ulysses Grant had a plan to end the Civil War--laying siege to Petersburg, Virginia, thus ...

If Americans were asked to select the best known and most celebrated outlaws, from among the many bad men produced by the Wild West, chances are Fr...

In June 1866, an 800-man contingent of the Irish Fenian Brotherhood invaded Canada from Buffalo, New York, in an effort to free Ireland from Bri...

For 50 years, civilians have avoided hearing about the controversial experiences of Vietnam veterans, many of whom suffer through post-traumatic...