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MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History3 min readLeadership
Why We Need The Great Men Of History
Those who study warfare will inevitably run into the so-called “great man theory” of history. Simply put, it denotes the study of individual leaders and their abilities. In earlier times, scholars adhered to this school of thought as explaining the e
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Recollections Of An Officer Of Napoleon’s Army
One of the finest, most revealing and genuinely authentic accounts of the French Army of Napoleon Bonaparte (from May 18, 1804, Emperor Napoleon I) are the memoirs written by an officer who served in it as an infantry captain through numerous campaig
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History1 min readInternational Relations
Battle Schemes
When the devastating Pearl Harbor raid made the United States’ entry to World War II official, aircraft recognition became vital for home defense. Between the U.S. Army Air Force’s Ground Observer Corps and thousands of civilian volunteers, about 1,5