Description
Contents: Editorial, Personality (A warrior without rest, Ranald Mackenzie was one of the U,S, Army’s greatest “horse soldiers”.), Espionage (If the kidnap attempts succeeded, the unpopular British general could be prime barter for a prisoner exchange.), Weaponry (Many have been the ruses of siege warfare through the centuries, but among them digging always has had its place.), Travel (In Greece, the pass at Thermopylae may look different, but it still tells its tale of stoic heroism.), Books (Lawrence of Arabia, for all that has been written about him, still remains today an enigmatic figure – a man of secret lives.), Advance to Bloody Collision (Three crowned heads of state were on hand to lead their respective armies at Solferino in northern Italy – where it turned out the Austrian host was not really retreating after all,), Challenge for Heavenly Rebellion (In 19th-century China, the once ragtag Ever Victorious Army was charged with subduing the 15-year rebellion led by a “Heavenly King”. In the campaign that followed, “Chinese” Gordon earned his sobriquet.), Survival by Stubborn Defense (Both the French and the Spanish were determined to prove that British-held Gibraltar was not impregnable after all. Blockade, assault by fireships and barrages by floating artillery batteries marked a siege lasting four years.), Before Invasions Commence (When the invasion armada draws up to the enemy coast and the landing barges begin their run to shore, someone has gone ahead even of the first wave.)
Issue: October 1987
Condition: Very Good