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Contents: Espionage (The arrival of the cargo submarine Deutschland in Baltimore touched off a propaganda war between Germany and Britain on American soil.), Personality (James A. Garfield dismissed Brig. Gen. John B. Turchin’s sack of Athens, Ala., as merely “a Muscovite custom”.), Weaponry (The Polish winged hussar was a veritable weapons system on horseback.), Perspectives (Chaplain Emil Kapaun prayed to St. Dismas, the Good Thief, for guidance as he stole food for his fellow POWs.), Books *The obsession of Texans with anything bearing their state’s name saved a historic battlefield for posterity.), Travel (An oft-overlooked museum in London’s Wellington Barracks holds the story behind the changing of the guard.), Russia’s Women of War (Russia came to appreciate the contribution of its women combat pilots during World War II. At a recent reunion, American ferry pilots of the period were equally appreciative.), Hold One More Night (In the process of driving off Chinese infiltrators near Chipyong-mi, Corporal Charles Sherwood was wounded and his machine gun destroyed, but he refused to be evacuated, exclaiming “Where would I go anyway?), Conquest Kept Joyless (By November 14, 1912, Napoleon’s Grande Armee was retreating from a burned and useless Moscow and being pursued by several Russian armies in freezing temperatures. “And”, wrote his valet, Weary Constant, “we were still very far from France.”, Victory With Bitter Aftermath (Engulfed by a long, undulating wave of charging Serbs, The Turkish left flank at Kosovo began to disintegrate. Learning of the disaster, Bayezid, first-born of the Ottoman sultan, wheeled from the Turkish right to lead a desperate counterattack.), River Passage Sought (To advance up the Paraguay River, a reluctant Brazilian navy would have to deal with the fierce Paraguayan defenders of Humaita, touted as the “Sebastopol of the Americas.”
Issue: December 1993
Condition: Very Good