At a Thanksgiving celebration held on November 25 in the American ambassador’s villa near Cairo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered …

In an age where Congress has earned a reputation for inaction, some issues still shake it out of its inertia. …

The war within the war between the United States and Great Britain regarding strategy against the Axis (concentration of force …

Since its one-day conquest on April 9, 1940, Denmark had been a relatively quiet backwater among the nations conquered and …

By early June, 1944, the 492nd Bombardment Group had flown twenty-four missions. Most had been easy ones, either supporting the …

The story goes that Napoleon once inquired about a certain general to his staff. After listening to them go on …

The USS Albacore (AGSS 569) was a trailblazer in submarine design. World War II-era “fleet boat” diesel subs were designed …

The title of this immensely readable book accurately and quite starkly describes the contents but hardly does justice to the …

The sad reality for writers and members of the media like myself, is that 99.99 percent of what we do …

In the 1940s and 1950s, naval aviators pushed the limits in a powerful, lightweight, very nimble fighter that some called …