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War is “the only hygiene of the world,” F. T. Marinetti wrote in his 1909 Futurist Manifesto. The Italian Futurists gloried in war and couldn’t wait for it to begin. In the years just prior to World War I they used avant-garde literature, art, photography, and performance theater to goad the public toward conflict and …
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WWII Letters from Readers- April 2010The Next Great Mission I was compelled to comment on Rick Atkinson’s article in the November 2009 issue (“What is Lost?”). We are losing veterans daily and many of their stories go… Read MoreSpy Class 101In an obscure corner of Canada, British secret agents introduced American operatives to warfare’s dark arts. On November 21, 1941, the SS Pasteur, a former French luxury liner now … Read MoreGung Ho: The Makin Raid’s Strange LegacyIn August 1942, marine special forces raided a tiny Pacific atoll. Little was gained and much was lost. So why does the legacy of the Makin Raid live on? Two hundred marines swarme… Read MoreWorld War II: Navajo Code TalkersAfter repeated attempts by the Allies to stymie Japanese cryptographers during World War II, the Americans succeeded by developing a secret code based on the language of the Navajo… Read MoreThis Strange Britisher’: Orde Wingate in EthiopiaEccentric guerrilla warfare pioneer Orde Wingate helped the British drive the Italians out of Ethiopia in 1941. It was the moment Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie had dreamed of si… Read More
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