A Wrinkle in Time on the Grounds of an Infamous Civil War General’s Plantation
[ad_1] On a cloudless, deep-blue sky afternoon, I drive 45 miles south of Nashville to Columbia for a visit with one of my favorite people,
Is Gerald R. Ford’s Legacy Deserving of a Reassessment?
[ad_1] Richard Norton Smith. (Courtesy of Richard Norton Smith) It’s about time we get to know Gerald Ford. We know his predecessor, Richard Nixon, who
How Saladin Became A Successful War Leader
[ad_1] Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria, known to the west as Saladin, is certainly one of the most durably
Why We Need The ‘Great Men’ Of History
[ad_1] Those who study warfare will inevitably run into the so-called “great man theory” of history. Simply put, it denotes the study of individual leaders
This Soldier Risked His Life to Rescue Civilians From a Battle in Vietnam
[ad_1] Distinguished Service Cross. (Historynet Archives) On Jan. 30, 1968, all U.S. combat units in Vietnam went to alert status when the Viet Cong violated
This English Farmer Built a Lancaster Simulator—James Holland Just Had to see It
[ad_1] Not so long ago, I had an extraordinary experience. I sat in the pilot’s seat of an Avro Lancaster, a British four-engine heavy bomber
Postponed Pawnee Honors
[ad_1] Adding insult to injury, a Pawnee scout for the U.S. Army shot in 1869 by a member of his own command was for decades
Gettysburg Had a Lasting Impact on Its Least Known Participants — Its Civilians
[ad_1] Although only minor National Park Service signage alerts you to the boundaries of the vast Gettysburg battlefield at its outer edges bleeding into neighboring
Do We need to Reconsider What Makes an Ace?
[ad_1] “I never imagined I was going to be doing this when we launched,” said Captain Earl Ehrhart of U.S. Marine attack squadron VMA-231 (“Ace
Buzz Aldrin Went to Korea and Beyond
[ad_1] In its June 8, 1953, issue, Life magazine included a full-page spread with four blurry images of a North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 getting shot down