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From the Civil War to Afghanistan, the United States’ highest valor award has recognized feats of courage and sacrifice. On October 25, 2007, in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, a patrol from 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment, 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team, was returning to Combat Outpost Vimoto when it ran into a Taliban ambush. In …
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Laws of War: Founding FathersHugo Grotius and Emmerich de Vattel laid the intellectual groundwork for the modern concept of lawful warfare. The idea that warfare should be regulated or restrained by a code of … Read MoreAttack on Long BinhIt was another hot February day in 1969 at the sprawling Long Binh logistics base about 20 miles northeast of Saigon. My driver arrived at the usual time, a little before sundown, … Read More‘Jove’s Thunder’ The Federals’ Fredericksburg Scorecard: Shameful orgy of destruction, wretched lossIt was a command Union Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt probably hoped he wouldn’t have to give. But on December 11, 1862, after a series of aborted attempts by the Federals to cross the R… Read MoreLaws of War | The Trial of Thomas KnoxIn 1863 a veteran newspaper correspondent defied a Union general’s order. He was court-martialed for the transgression. In late December 1862, Major General William T. Sherman open… Read MoreMHQ Letters from Readers- Winter 2012Does Torture Work? I take issue with Colin Woodard’s one-sided conclusion in “Why We Won’t Give Up Torture” Autumn 2011—that it does not work. Discussing torture used in the war on… Read More
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