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Contents: Personality (In 1915, the British expected to quickly defeat Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his “damned kaffirs.” In 1918 they were still trying.), Espionage (A hessian turncoat switched sides again to help the British in their raid on a “nest of rebel pirates.”), Weaponry (Ramses III had a problem – raiders from the sea. His solution was to build Egypt’s first seagoing navy.), Books (While Stalin saw the error in his relationship with his generals, Hitler was coming to an opposite conclusion.), Travel (From the revolution to the present, Fort Benning preserves the American infantryman’s long, proud heritage.), Surgery in the Field (As the Chinese Fifty-third Army fought its way up Snow Mountain, the staff of the American 22nd Field Hospital that accompanied it found themselves running short of medical equipment and even rations.), Survival of the Strong (King Otto’s Germans and Lel’s Magyar raiders had narrowly missed each other in 954 AD, but the Magyar siege of Augsburg a year later set the Saxon king and the eastern invaders firmly on a collision course.), Naked Sword in Hand (While Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott’s small army marched on Mexico City, a flabbergasted Duke of Wellington exclaimed to a friend: “Scott is lost! He cannot capture the city and he cannot fall back on his base!”), Battle at Flood Tide (As a fresh reserve of Australian grenadiers massed outside Essling, French General Jean Rap suggested to General G. Mouton: “Let’s charge them with the bayonet. If it comes off, we;ll both get the credit; if it doesn’t, I’ll take the blame.”)
Issue: August 1991
Condition: Very Good