Italian PoWs In World War II the Italians achieved little of merit on the battlefield. This was despite having 20 years of Fascist rul...

Political assassination and asymmetrical warfare have long been weapons in the arsenal of the weak against the strong. But in early 191...

A Brazilian musketeer in the Dutch army (17th century painting by Albert Eckhout) Between 1630 and 1654 the Dutch seized much of Brazil from...

Erich von Manstein is generally regarded as the most brilliant general of WWII. But he was not just a boring military wonk. In addition to h...

No one seriously defends slavery today, but the way in which we view this historical phenomenon has become a cliched caricature. Was it, at ...

In the 20th century, the so-called "American Century," the USA fought three major wars against Asian nations. Surprisingly, ...

War, contrary to expectations, is a semi-civilized business, requiring, as it does, qualities of organization, discipline, and applicat...