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Contents: The Prophet Of Sea Power (Alfred Thayer Mahan transformed naval theory with his 1890 book The Influence Of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 – with unforeseen consequences) Features – Big Night In Baltimore (How the upstart Americans surprised the brazen British in 1814); Napoleon: What Made Him Great? (The French emperor-general rewarded his men and won their loyalty); The U.S. Marines’ Mythic Fight At Belleau Wood (They stopped the Germans from taking Paris – or did they?); A Day Of Blizzard And Blood (The Lancastrians faced bad weather and a Yorkist arrow storm at Towton); Portfolio: America’s Best Fighter Planes (A gallery of winning wings by aviation historian and illustrator Ted Williams) Departments – Letters (Remaining Mysteries at Pearl, Race Relations); News (Odyssey Strikes Deep Riches, Drake’s Last Fleet); Interview (Charles Stanish: War and the Earliest States); Valor (Robert Guy Robinson: Bravery Over Belgium); What We Learned (From the Halo-Ethiopian War); Decisions (Napoleon’s Dash to Jena); Hand Tool (Swiss Army Knife); Power Tool (Mauser C96); Letter From Military History; Reviews; Hallowed Ground (Fort Monroe, Virginia); War Games; Weapons We’re Glad They Never Built (Secret Weapons of the CIA (Part 2)
Issue: March 2012
Condition: Very Good