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Contents: Editorial, Personality (As he faced the barbarian forces, Byzantine General Nurses was prepared to use his cavalry – but not in the traditional fashion.), Espionage (Disregarding readily available intelligence on the Aulu army, Lord Chelmsford led his British invasion force to disaster.), Weaponry (Dubbed “miniature destroyers” by Tokyo Rose, LSL(L)s were, inch for inch, the most heavily armed amphibious craft in the U.S. Pacific fleet.), Perspectives (A private quarrel between the houses of York and Lancaster led to a street fight at St. Albane – and ultimately to an epic war.), Reviews (If Hitler had done these things, would WWII have had a different outcome?), Travel (At Athens, Missouri, Colonel David Moore prepared to defend the Union against a Rebel force that included his three sons.), Taking Charge Under Fire (With his ship, the destroyer Kidd, struck by a Japanese suicide plane, a wounded Lieutenant Burdick H. Brittin took over for his disabled captain, to find the bridge “a shambles, including many dead and wounded”.), Cao Cao: Ancient China’s Military Master (In the popular romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is the cunning, complex villain that Chinese readers and theatergoers love to hate, but the 3rd-century warlord of War also left behind a rich legacy for students of military science.), Civil War’s Longest Siege (After reeling back under a relentless Union advance on Petersburg, General P.G.T. Beauregard cabled General Robert E. Lee: “The last hour of the Confederacy has arriced.” In fact, that final hour would go on for 10 agonizing months.), Maida: Britain to the Rescue (“Vive l’Empereur! A la baionette!” shouted the French light infantry as their columns plunged toward the British line on July 4, 1806. “Steady light infantry” the British officers calmly told their troops. “Let them come”.), Dawning of Imperialist Japan (A century ago, the Treaty of Shimonoseki brought the Sino-Japanese War to an end. Japan had won by merging East and West in her armed forces – a trend that was also reflected in the triptychs her war artists produced.)
Issue: April 1995
Condition: Very Good