Remember the Alamo – 175th Anniversary
The year 2011 is the 175th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo and 'The Glorious Texas Revolution and Great Runaway Scrap.'
Read MoreVictoria II – PC Game Review
A review of Victoria II says details are the soul of this real-time strategy game. Not visually exciting, it is very good at representing the economic and political issues and trends of the Industrial Age.
Read MoreIronclads: Schleswig War 1864 – PC Game Review
This review of Ironclads: Schleswig War, a computer game covering the often-ignored conflict between Denmark and the German Confederation in 1864, praises its graphics, AI and realistic physics but notes that it only covers part of the naval war.
Read MoreMusic About the Alamo Through the Years
The Battle of the Alamo has inspired songwriters for over 150 years. It spawned 19th-century ballads, movie soundtracks and a massive pop-music radio hit of the 1950s, The Ballad of Davy Crockett. Two authors explore its musical history.
Read MoreFor Want of a Saber the Battle was Lost – Little Bighorn, 1876
General George Custer's soldiers left their sabers behind when they set off to meet their fate at Little Bighorn. This was standard Army practice of the time, but would the battle's outcome have been different if the 7th Cavalry had those sabers?
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