Book Review – “Mr. President”: George Washington and the Making of the Nation’s Highest Office
As “the father of our country”, George Washington is best remembered for the eight years he spent as commander-in-chief of …
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“Battle of the Stars:” The American 4-Star/British 5-Star Command Quandary
Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, began his Jan. 1, 1944, diary entry with the sentence, …
SOUTHCOM History
Beginnings
For centuries, strategists and merchants in America, Great Britain, and elsewhere had dreamed of a canal joining the Atlantic …
The Rise of Tito
Yugoslavia (“Land of the South Slavs”) was an artificial nation carved out of the former Astro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 that …
Never Again, Again! The Legacy of Pearl Harbor
Seven decades and a Cold War away, Pearl Harbor likely seems little more than a movie event to young people …
Pearl Harbor Anniversary
As the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor approaches, we’ve collected some of our top stories on the …
Everyone’s Fight: Integration of Minorities and Women in the Korean War
When war broke out in Korea in the summer of 1950, as a result of the …
Eureka Conference: The “Big Three” Butt Heads For the First Time in Tehran
Shortly after the Quadrant Conference in August 1943, with the war now turning in favor of the Allies, President Franklin …
Family Feud: The Sextant I Conference
At a Thanksgiving celebration held on November 25 in the American ambassador’s villa near Cairo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered …
Operation Accolade: Churchill’s Folly and the Dodecanese Campaign
The war within the war between the United States and Great Britain regarding strategy against the Axis (concentration of force …