Description
Contents: Editorial, Espionage (The “French Lady” who came aboard the Baltimore packer St. Nicholas was really from Maryland – and she was no lady.), Personality (Considered for command of the British Army, Sir Arthur Currie’s achievements were given less appreciation by his fellow Canadians.), Weaponry (Whether for French heavy cavalry or Beja tribesmen, it took extra-ordinary courage and fortitude to break a British square.), Books (The legacy of the Huns, Vikings and Mongols was not exclusively destructive.), Travel (Bastogne preserves memories of two world wars, but most notably the lore of the Battle of the Bulge.), Limits to Resistance Weighed (For a Pole caught between the equally brutal forces of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, sheer survival was often the only possible form of resistance.), Decisive Victory Let Go (General George Washington’s tactics at Long Island cost him a battle, but General William Howe’s strategy cost him the opportunity to win the war.), Battlers Becalmed (Hobbled by inflexible orders, French Admiral Tourville had no choice but accept odds of more than 2-to-1 – and came tantalizingly close to reprising his greatest triumph of the previous year.), Beyond Chivalry’s Code (King Philip II of France perceived little threat from England’s inept King John, but at Bouvines in 1214 he faced John’s formidable ally, Emperor Otto IV, with heavy odds against France’s continuing existence.)
Issue: February 1991
Condition: Very Good