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Germany's fatal blunders: teutonic military history of the 20th century was marked by tactical brilliance but undone by strategic incompetence. Murray, Williamson Cover story Jan 1, 2010 3860
How to win. Jan 1, 2010 389
The red-haired captive and the fight at Pinta Trail Crossing: in 1841 Chief Yellow Wolf and his Comanche raiders were heading back to Hill Country with an Irish prisoner when Captain Jack Hays and his company of Texas Rangers attacked. Austerman, Wayne R. Dec 1, 2009 2544
Scots pupils think that Waterloo was fought by Vikings. Nov 4, 2009 707
The best of WWII on YouTube. Brief article Nov 1, 2009 211
What is lost? What happens to history when those who lived it can no longer tell their stories? Atkinson, Rick Report Nov 1, 2009 1857
military history. Oct 18, 2009 315
Dr. Vance Stojcev, author of the first military history of Macedonia, died in Skopje. Oct 1, 2009 16
War record. Brief article Oct 1, 2009 194
Rome wasn't destroyed in a day. Larison, Daniel Sep 1, 2009 1478
That's Italian! Brief article Aug 1, 2009 158
War record. Brief article Aug 1, 2009 210
Afghan Jezail: a makeshift musket that dealt death from above. Guttman, Jon Brief article Aug 1, 2009 207
Supply and speed. Aug 1, 2009 335
Indomitable Afghanistan: oft-called the "the Graveyard of Empires," the wild region now known as Afghanistan has foiled would-be conquerors for millennia. Tanner, Stephen Aug 1, 2009 4995
Heist in Cherbourg: how Israel's cool-hand naval commandos stole five missile boats from a French shipyard--on Christmas Eve. Rashba, Gary Aug 1, 2009 713
War record. Brief article Jun 1, 2009 204
The deadly dozen: once these weapons hit the battlefield, warfare would never be the same. Harding, Stephen Jun 1, 2009 2170
Swede smell of success. Brief article Jun 1, 2009 172
Prisoner of war camps: lack of a revolution. Caci, Jennifer; Cline, Joanne M. Apr 1, 2009 5491
Army transformation and level II preventive medicine within a deployed division task force. Spicer, Kenneth D. Apr 1, 2009 2500
Fundamentals of strategy: the legacy of Henry Eccles. Boorman, Scott A. Essay Mar 22, 2009 12419
Lessons from the first deployment of expeditionary airpower. Dye, Peter J. Brief article Dec 22, 2008 120
Center for Military History collecting historical documents. Brief article Jul 1, 2008 136
China and the United States in the Indian Ocean: an emerging strategic triangle? Holmes, James R.; Yoshihara, Toshi Essay Jun 22, 2008 9262
Reflections on future war. Owens, Mackubin Thomas Jun 22, 2008 7111
Historical perspective. Wilhelm, Karen S. Brief article Jun 22, 2008 256
Who said that ... Brief article Apr 1, 2008 148
Since 1990. Chronology Sep 1, 2007 1429
Recounting history is not always an easy task. Rosine, Matthew Mar 22, 2007 797
Sounding taps: why military history is being retired. Miller, John J. Oct 9, 2006 2568
Adventurous roving natures Northern Territory volunteers of 1914. Rosenzweig, Paul A. Jun 1, 2006 8232
The 1915 Royal Commission into the Administration of the Liverpool Camp. Hopper, Peter Jun 1, 2006 2720
Voyage to war. Pittaway, Andrew Jun 1, 2006 2060
Lance-Sergeant Haane Manahi DCM. Cox, Noel Jun 1, 2006 439
The last strike. Fraser, Alan Jun 1, 2006 1804
Citizen soldiers: the militia: the story of America's citizen soldiers shows that the militia and the second amendment are not obsolete. The populace at large will always fulfill essential militia functions. Telzrow, Michael E. May 1, 2006 2890
Napoleon and the battle for Europe: two centuries ago, a new Caesar sought to conquer the world. Brown, Bryan Apr 24, 2006 1755
Fill in a Venn diagram: which war was which? Apr 24, 2006 199
Next step. Buckley, William F., Jr. Mar 27, 2006 635
Around the Water Cart. Furphy, Joe Editorial Mar 1, 2006 2799
The Tet Offensive 1968. Ott, David E. Mar 1, 2006 5010
The infantryman's navigation aid. Sargent, Clem Brief article Dec 1, 2005 242
The missing man the Sapper who never was. Lyon, K.M. Dec 1, 2005 1208
Beyond the assault rifle. Gordon, Duncan Dec 1, 2005 3061
Around the Water Cart. Furphy, Joe Dec 1, 2005 2975
Tyranny and Posse Comitatus: enacted as part of a political bargain in 1878, the Posse Comitatus Act brought down the curtain on a shameful era of military dictatorship in the southern United States. Grigg, William Norman Oct 31, 2005 2960
Early modern military reform and the connection between Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia. Riches, Daniel Sep 22, 2005 6803
A trove of history's treasures. Bucher, Meredith Brief Article Apr 1, 2005 267
The Son Tay raid: a 35-year retrospective. Kamps, Charles Tustin Mar 22, 2005 605
Air and Space Power in special operations. Berg, Paul D. Mar 22, 2005 593
Announcements and activities. Brief Article May 1, 2004 285
MHSA Biennial Conference 2004: NSW Labour Day Long Weekend 2 to 4 October 2004 Albury-Wodonga. Mar 1, 2004 406
National Security Book List. Skelton, Ike Bibliography Jan 1, 2004 1108
Books received. Bibliography Jan 1, 2004 266
Lewis and Clark winter on river Dubois. White, Charles E; Reardon, Mark J. Dec 1, 2003 1044
Lousy lessons from the battlefield. Queenan, Joe Jul 1, 2003 750
Mission 101--the Operational Centres: the hidden Australian involvement in Ethiopia--WW2 and the formation of the Special Operations Executive, "SOE". Blackburn, Geoff Jun 1, 2003 5074
Armstrong's protected barbette mechanical loading system for South Australia. Garie, Frank Jun 1, 2003 6086
Member requests. Brief Article Jun 1, 2003 91
Lancers, Fusiliers, Rats . . .: The ongoing glory of the British regiment. STUTTAFORD, ANDREW Apr 21, 2003 1283
Fort Alabama in the Second Seminole War. Koerper, Phillip E. Brief Article Apr 1, 2003 85
Patrol from Menari--to find the Japanese. Tongs, Bede GD Mar 1, 2003 5465
Don't call me "Killer": Clive Robertson Caldwell in the Western Desert May-December 1941 (1). Alexander, Kristen Mar 1, 2003 11179
The appointment of Lieutenant-General Squires the role of MajorGeneral Sir Carl Jess in the conflict between the military board and the government. Austin, Ronald J Mar 1, 2003 2795
The relevance of miscellany administrative, support and logistic units of the AIF. Wilson, Graham Mar 1, 2003 11203
Synopsis: the organisation of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918. Underwood, Jim Mar 1, 2003 787
Around the water cart. Furphy, Joe Dec 1, 2002 2147
What's in a name?...and is it always necessarily a good idea to emulate yesterday's military genius? (Editorial). Guttman, Jon Brief Article Oct 1, 2002 607
For two centuries, the original Assassins held the Middle East in a perpetual grip of terror. (Perspectives). Nour, Sherif Oct 1, 2002 2469
Hiram Maxim's machine gun probably claimed more lives than any other weapon ever made. (Weaponry). Jordan, Jonathan W. Oct 1, 2002 1922
Africa's black Napoleon: disgraced and cast out from his own tribe, Shaka went on to build a vast Zulu empire based on sheer terror, butchery and military brilliance. Strobridge, Truman R. Oct 1, 2002 4203
The first Great conqueror: Sumerian innovator Sargon the Great introduced the concept of combined-arms warfare and built an empire that shaped civilization. Mears, Douglas Oct 1, 2002 2639
'Tropic Lighting' scout in the Philippines: at night near Balete Pass, Private John D. Peterjohn's platoon collided with a Japanese recon force. Unable to see each other, the two sides fought it out with hand grenades. Peterjohn, Dan Interview Oct 1, 2002 5181
Breda 'bravely besieged': Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, assembled a mixed force of Dutch, French and English professionals to retake Breda from Spain in 1637. Memegalos, Florene S. Oct 1, 2002 4157
While the English colonies fought for independence, Tupac Amaru waged a people's war in Peru. (Personality). Lamothe, Matthew R. Oct 1, 2002 1445
Now is the time to remember another famous Clark, William's brother--George Rogers Clark. (Best Little Stories). Kelly, C. Brian Brief Article Oct 1, 2002 877
Breaking the Harlange Pocket: 6th U.S. Cavalry--1945. Brief Article Oct 1, 2002 307
57th West Middlesex Regiment 1825-1832. Chronology Sep 1, 2002 53
Frederick, Duke of York's legacy was a nursery rhyme and the beginnings of a modern British army. (Personality). Niderost, Eric Aug 1, 2002 1997
About face. Hays, Kim Statistical Data Included Aug 1, 2002 3383
Patrol squadrons in the Korean War. Burgess, Rick Jul 1, 2002 2166
Goldwater-Nichols: fighting the decisive battle. (Joint Warfighting). Locher, James L., III Jun 22, 2002 6347
Instant library. (Education). Brief Article Jun 22, 2002 231
A medley of books. (The Chairman's Gouge). Myers, Richard B. Bibliography Jun 22, 2002 557
From a youth marred by womanizing and arrest warrants, William C. Oates emerged as a war hero and governor. (Personality). Warren, John Jun 1, 2002 2675
The adventures of Captain John Smith: The pre-Jamestown Smith was a hard-fighting mercenary who had seen remarkable action against pirates and the Turks, and was even sold into brutal slavery in the Balkans. McPeak, William J. Jun 1, 2002 3212
The British Garrison in Australia 1788-1841: conditions of service--officers. Sargent, Clem Jun 1, 2002 3282
An Annotated Index, for military historians, to Volume 14, (1940-1980, Di-Kel) of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Franki, George Bibliography Jun 1, 2002 5547
Around the Water Cart. Brief Article Jun 1, 2002 443
2002 History Writing Contest winners. Brief Article May 1, 2002 786
Bombarding the Marianas: joint fires at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. (World War II). Hernandez, Prisco R. May 1, 2002 5555
A contest of contrasts: the principle of dislocation and the artillery fight at the Battle of Chancellorsville. (The Civil War). Schreckengost, G. James May 1, 2002 4461
How artillery beat Rommel after Kasserine. (World War II). Baldridge, Robert C. May 1, 2002 3500
Why the West wins wars. Windschuttle, Keith Apr 1, 2002 2204
Europe's military revolution. Heisbourg, Francois L.J. Mar 22, 2002 2186
Old photographs reveal clues to modern inquiry. Brief Article Mar 1, 2002 550
The Beira patrol: Britain's broken blockade against Rhodesia. Mobley, Richard Jan 1, 2002 10473
MHSA Branch Office Bearers. Brief Article Dec 1, 2001 284
Cold War revisited. (History). Brief Article Sep 22, 2001 175

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