Description
Contents: The Great War In Color (In 1903 France’s Lumiere brothers patented a method that used potato starch to capture color images on glass plates. In 1914 enterprising French and German photographers took the technology to war) Features – ‘Hail Mary’ In Holland (A bold amphibious assault during Operation Market Garden); Father Of The Fortress (French military engineer Marshal Vauban defined the modern fortress); Europe’s Powder Keg (Balkan nations took on the Turks and sparked World War I); Bloodlands: Rome (The history of the “Eternal City” is a tale of nearly constant war); Zhukov: What Made Him So Great? (A master of warfare, he also understood the pitfalls of Kremlin politics) Departments – Letters (Upton, Mahan and the Importance of Raw Materials); News (Spitfire Spat, Navy Commemorates 1812); Interview (Andrew Bacevich: 20th Century War Reconsidered); Valor (Finding the Lost Battalion); What We Learned (From Canada (1775)); Decisions (To Cross The River); Hand Tool (M18A1 Claymore Mine); Power Tool (Bofors 40mm L/60 Anti-aircraft Gun); Letter From Military History; Reviews; Hallowed Ground (Balaklava, Ukraine); War Games; Weapons We’re Glad They Never Built (Leonardo’s Weapons of Mass Destruction)
Issue: September 2012
Condition: Very Good