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Contents: Editorial, Espionage (In 1901, self-taught soldier Frederick Funston set out to match wits with the elusive Filipino rebel Emilo Aguinaldo.), Weaponry (Murderous at close range, the lightweight carronade was dubbed the “Devil Gun”.), Personality (Coolness and tenacity in the performance of his duties won Francisco Franco Bahamonde respect, if not many friends.), Reviews (Of almost 400 men that Nantucket contributed to the Union cause during the Civil War, 73 did not return.), Travel (“Guns & Guts” are annually put to the test at Britain’s Royal Tournament._, Perspectives (At the Little Bighorn, Major Marcus Reno’s officers regarded him as more a liability than a commander.), Stonewall’s Forgotten Masterpiece (With General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia divided and his battle plan in Union hands, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson did not have much time left to eliminate the Federal garrison at Harpers Ferry.), The Battleships of Gdansk (“What my father had done for the army, I intend to do for my Navy” announced Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and he commissioned the Ferdinand Schichau shipyard to help build his great fleet in the years rior to World War I.), Ambush at Kadesh *King Muwutallis’ trap had worked perfectly. His Hittites had routed two Egyptian divisions and cut off their king, Ramses II. But his soldiers could not resist looting the Egyptian camp – and Ramses was not yet ready to concede defeat.), Scouting Guadalcanal (Scouting was often stressful, said Marine Corporal Michael C. Capraro, “but I had decided that if I had to die, I would rather do it on patrol where I had some control rather than just huddle in a foxhole and helplessly watch the bombers come over”.), Thermonuclear Legacy (While considering the use of atomic bombs in Korea in February 1953 Secretary of State John F. Dulles noted that Soviet strategists set such weapons in a special category, but that the United States “should try to break down this false distinction”.)
Issue: August 1995
Condition: Very Good