by J. R. Olson Mercenary. A noun with a lot of historical and literary baggage. Dictionary.com defines the term as “a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army… a soldier of fortune”. I’ve always liked the term “hired…
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Alexander Cochrane and the Enduring Myths of the War of 1812
By Willard Sterne Randall The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably the least understood American war. Just as frequently, it is described as the Second War of American Independence. This is because of a persistent fallacy…
By Willard Sterne Randall The War of 1812, often called “the forgotten conflict,” is probably the least understood American war. Just as frequently, it is described as the Second War of American Independence. This is because of a persistent fallacy…
World War I Centennial: America’s Entry into The Great War
Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on the German Empire and officially entered World War I. Largely forgotten today, Americans across the country volunteered to serve their country and played a…
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Exactly 100 years ago today, April 6, 1917 the United States of America declared war on the German Empire and officially entered World War I. Largely forgotten today, Americans across the country volunteered to serve their country and played a…
Posted in Military History
Back Over There: Remembering the Last Survivors of WWI
Richard Rubin Heads Back Over There In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers to a forgotten generation of Americans: the men and women who fought and won the First World War. Interviewing the war’s last survivors face-to-face,…
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Richard Rubin Heads Back Over There In The Last of the Doughboys, Richard Rubin introduced readers to a forgotten generation of Americans: the men and women who fought and won the First World War. Interviewing the war’s last survivors face-to-face,…
Posted in Military History
Erich Kempka: Driving Hitler and his Limousines
by Robert Klara One of the reasons why we know so much about the perilous and sinister world of Hitler’s hierarchy is because so many of its members spent time documenting it. Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels kept a diary during…
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by Robert Klara One of the reasons why we know so much about the perilous and sinister world of Hitler’s hierarchy is because so many of its members spent time documenting it. Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels kept a diary during…
Posted in Contemporary History, Military History
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