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“Refighting the last war” ensured U.S. defeat. On April 30, 1975, Saigon, capital of the U.S.-backed Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), fell to the invading military forces of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (communist North Vietnam), two years after the withdrawal of American troops in the wake of the January 1973 Paris Peace Accords. America’s …
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Tactical Exercises: Fear the PhalanxThe Macedonian formation terrified opponents— and at times overwhelmed the vaunted Roman legion. ONE DAY in late June 168 Rome and Macedon were encamped be- tween Mount Olympus and… Read MoreChurchill at War: Scandinavian TwistChurchill’s fiasco in Norway in 1940 propelled him into office—and ensured Hitler would fail to turn back the D-Day invasion four years later. On April 15, 1940, utterly alone and … Read More‘A Madman’s Business’Death was everywhere at Cold Harbor in 1864, but the point of the killing and the war itself seemed lost. THE REVERED CIVIL WAR HISTORIAN and writer Bruce Catton won a Pulitzer Pri… Read MoreMHQ Letters from Readers- Winter 2011Illusions of victory WHEN I READ your magazine, I seek to learn about new subjects or aspects of the familiar that I had not considered. But “Blinded by Hope” Autumn 2010, by Thoma… Read MoreDaily Quiz for November 20, 2017U.S. Speaker of the House Champ Clark nearly became the Democratic presidential candidate in 1912 but lost to this man.
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