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Would the North recognize Confederate privateers as agents of a sovereign state, or hang them from the yardarm as pirates? AMONG THE PRESSING PROBLEMS federate States of America faced in 1861 was its lack of a naval force. Although the U.S. Navy had only 42 warships in commission when the war began in April, the …
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Polk’s Mexican WarThe 1846–48 Mexican War redrew the political map of North America, effectively destroying Mexico as a powerful nation and bringing California and the Southwest into the United Stat… Read MoreHallowed Ground: Route of the Lamed Hei, IsraelNear the site where the Bible records David fighting the Philistine champion Goliath stands a monument to 35 Jewish fighters who died in a much more recent conflict. The Lamed Hei … Read MoreWhat We Learned from the Battle of TarantoThe 1940 British attack on the Italian naval base at Taranto had a significant impact on the early stages of World War II in the Mediterranean. It also had implications that went f… Read MoreMaking the Rules of WarFrom ancient origins the informal rules of war have developed into a complex code designed to curb man’s lawless violence. But does it work? All’s fair in love and war. In love, pe… Read MoreValor: Breaking into HellWitold Pilecki Polish Resistance Order of the White Eagle 1940–43 By 1920, 19-year-old Witold Pilecki had won the Polish Cross of Valor twice for action against the Red Army, and i… Read More
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