Description
Contents: Editorial, Personality (Lieutenant General John Monash made up for a lack of flair with an engineer’s detailed approach to battle tactics), Weaponry (Conditioned to fight from birth, the Spartan hoplite was a lethal weapon in himself), Espionage (Before the Mexican War broke out, a Marine in mufti helped lay the groundwork for the American invasion of California), Perspectives (After establishing China as a sea power in Asia, Admiral Cheng Ho set sail westward, for points unknown), Reviews (Ejected from Georgetown College for a secessionist speeches, Thomas N. Conrad soon returned to Washington D.C. – as a Rebel spy), Travel (Organized in 1741, the Artillery Company of Newport, R.I. evolved into a repository for America’s military past), Militaria Marketplace, Bastogne Belatedly Besieged (At VIII Corps headquarters, Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliff assured his commander, Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton, that his paratroopers could hold Bastogne. Middleton promised his support and added, “Now don’t get yourself surrounded, Troy”), Wargaming’s Widening World (From such deceptively simple ancient games as Chinese Go and Indian Chaturanga, the art of simulating war and strategy on a board has acquired ever-increasing levels of sophistication and realism), Stung By Mosquitoes (After a ragtag Confederate fleet managed to chase off a Yankee squadron, New Orleans’ Daily Picayune trumpeted: “This will rank with the most brilliant and daring achievements of the war”. But the war was only six months old), Revolutionary Upheaval Survived (After completing his education between engagements with the Bolsheviks, Alexander Dubrovolsky served as an officer of engineers in Admiral Alexander Kolchak’s White Russian Army), Daring Rescue Deep In Iraq (With Iraqi troops closing in, Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Robert M. DeGroff requested fighter pilot Captain Bill Andrews to drop his bombs within 100 meters of his position, then shouted to his men “Take cover…! This is going to be close!”)
Issue: December 1994
Condition: Very Good