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Battle of Megiddo: The Birth of Warfare (1457 BC) |
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1 | (3) |
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Tiglath-Pileser III: The Birth of Military Civilization (745--727 BC) |
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4 | (4) |
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Sun Tzu: The Birth of Strategy (c. 511 BC) |
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8 | (3) |
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Spartans at Thermopylae: The Perfection of Military Civilization (480 BC) |
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11 | (6) |
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Battles of Gaugamela and Hydaspes: Alexander Proves His Genius for War (331 and 326 BC) |
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17 | (5) |
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Battle of Cannae: Hannibal's Masterpiece (216 BC) |
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22 | (3) |
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Battle of Zama: Hannibal's Defeat (202 BC) |
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25 | (4) |
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Reforms of Marius: The Roman Legion as Model for Military Organization (105 BC) |
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29 | (4) |
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Spartacus: History's First Insurgent (73--71 BC) |
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33 | (4) |
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The Gallic Wars: Caesar Rising (58--51 BC) |
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37 | (3) |
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Crossing the Rubicon: Caesar Triumphant (49 BC) |
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40 | (4) |
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The Pax Romana Begins: Rome Dominant (29 BC) |
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44 | (2) |
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Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: The Limits of Imperial Militarism (AD 9) |
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46 | (3) |
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Second Battle of Adrianople: The Western Empire Starts to Fall (378) |
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49 | (3) |
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Battle of Chalons: The Turning Point That Might Have Been (451) |
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52 | (3) |
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Battle of Tours: Muslims v. Franks (732) |
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55 | (3) |
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Feudalism as a Military Civilization: Epoch of Knight, Armor, Sword, and Longbow (800--1200) |
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58 | (4) |
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Rise of the Raid: Viking Warfare in Ireland, Britain, Western Europe, and Russia (800--1000) |
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62 | (4) |
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Battle of Hastings: Why the Norman Conquest Matters (1066) |
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66 | (4) |
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War as Pilgrimage: The First Crusade (1096--1099) |
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70 | (4) |
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Genghis Khan: The "Perfect War Emperor" (1190--1227) |
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74 | (4) |
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Battles of Liegnitz and Sajo River: Mongol Invasions of Europe (1241) |
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78 | (2) |
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Swiss Victory at Morgarten Pass: Rise of the Pike and the Mercenaries (1315) |
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80 | (3) |
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Battle of Crecy: Infantry Crushes Chivalry's Flower (1346) |
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83 | (3) |
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Battle of Agincourt: When the Knights Fell (1415) |
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86 | (5) |
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Joan of Arc in Command: The Power of a "Force Multiplier" (1429--1444) |
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91 | (5) |
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Siege of Constantinople: Mehmed II Ascendant (1453) |
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96 | (2) |
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Cortes Takes the Aztec Empire: Conquest Comes to the New World (1518--1521) |
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98 | (3) |
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Babur Storms North India: Invasion Becomes Empire (1525--1526) |
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101 | (2) |
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Battle ofMohacs: Christian Europe at Bay (1526) |
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103 | (3) |
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The Holy League Triumphs at Lepanto: Victory at Sea (1571) |
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106 | (3) |
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Fate of the Spanish Armada: The "Friction of War" (1586--1588) |
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109 | (5) |
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"Defenestration of Prague" Begins the Thirty Years' War: Old Europe Out the Window (1618) |
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114 | (3) |
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Gustavus Adolphus at Zenith: Creating Military Supremacy (1631) |
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117 | (3) |
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Total Warfare Sweeps New England: Race Wars in the Wilderness (1636--1678) |
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120 | (4) |
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Conde v. Turrenne at the Battle of the Dunes: Clash of the Great Captains: (1658) |
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124 | (4) |
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Battle of Blenheim: The Perfection of Alliance Warfare (1704) |
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128 | (4) |
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Frederick the Great of Prussia: The Making of a Military Superpower (1740--1763) |
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132 | (4) |
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France and Britain in India: Imperialism by Proxy War (1751--1760) |
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136 | (3) |
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The Battle of Fort Necessity: Young George Washington Starts a World War (1754) |
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139 | (4) |
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Frederick's Victory at Leuthen: "Masterpiece of Maneuver and Resolution" (1757) |
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143 | (2) |
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Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill: An American Military Is Born (1775) |
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145 | (4) |
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Battle of Trenton: Washington's Genius for War (1776) |
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149 | (3) |
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USS Bonhomme Richard v. HMS Serapis: The One-Man Navy of John Paul Jones (1779) |
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152 | (5) |
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Battles of Hondschoote, Menin, and Wattignies: Kingless Victories (1793) |
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157 | (2) |
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From Toulon to Campo Formio: The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte (1793--1797) |
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159 | (4) |
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Tactics Triumphant: The Age of Napoleon, Clausewitz, and Mahan (1800--1850) |
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163 | (4) |
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Barbary Wars: Fighting Terrorism (1801--1815) |
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167 | (3) |
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Annus Mirabilis: Napoleon's Brilliant Year (1805) |
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170 | (3) |
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Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Fatal Masterpiece (1805) |
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173 | (4) |
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Friedrich Krupp Starts a Steel Works: Artillery Becomes an Industry and War Is Transformed (1811) |
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177 | (3) |
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From Moscow to Waterloo: Napoleonic Retreat (1812--1815) |
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180 | (4) |
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Choosing War in 1812: America v. Britain (1812--1814) |
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184 | (5) |
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Bolivar: The Art of Liberation Warfare (1812--1825) |
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189 | (3) |
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The Wars of Shaka Zulu: A Native Empire in Africa (1816--1828) |
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192 | (2) |
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Scott Takes Veracruz: The U.S. Army Conducts Its First Amphibious Operation (1847) |
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194 | (4) |
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The Great Mutiny in India: Birth of the British Raj (1857--1858) |
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198 | (3) |
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Battle of Antietam: Lincoln Wins a Platform for Emancipation (1862) |
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201 | (4) |
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The Battle of Gettysburg: The Civil War Finds Purpose: (1863) |
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205 | (3) |
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Total War: William T. Sherman and the Calculus of Victory (1864--1865) |
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208 | (4) |
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Battle of the Little Bighorn: Shock and Awe on the Northern Plains (1876) |
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212 | (3) |
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Industrial Firepower: Hiram Maxim's Machine Gun (1884) |
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215 | (3) |
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Battle of Wounded Knee: How the "Indian Wars" Ended (1890) |
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218 | (3) |
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The USS Maine Explodes: Finding an Excuse for War (1898) |
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221 | (4) |
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Boers Hold Off an Empire: The High Cost of Insurgent Warfare (1899--1902) |
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225 | (3) |
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The Boxer Rebellion: Leveraging a Little War on China (1900) |
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228 | (4) |
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The Naval Campaign of Tsushima: Japan Redefines Victory (1905) |
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232 | (4) |
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Assassination in Sarajevo: Bringing a World to War (1914) |
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236 | (3) |
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From Schlieffen Plan to the Miracle on the Marne: How the Fog of War Descends (1914) |
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239 | (3) |
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Unrestricted: Submarine Warfare in World War I (1915--1917) |
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242 | (5) |
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Exit the Russians, Enter the Americans: The Disruption of World War I (1917--1918) |
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247 | (3) |
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Hutier Tactics: A German General Changes Modern Warfare at Riga (1917) |
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250 | (3) |
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Rush to Disarm: The London and Geneva Conferences (1930--1934) |
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253 | (3) |
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Rehearsal for a Second Act: The Spanish Civil War Goes Global (1936--1939) |
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256 | (4) |
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Blitzkrieg: Germany's Combined-Arms Invasion of Poland (1939) |
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260 | (3) |
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Winston Churchill Becomes Prime Minister: The Role of the Great Man in War (1940) |
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263 | (4) |
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Total War: The Blitz, Battle of Britain, and Rationale for Strategic Bombing (1940--1945) |
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267 | (4) |
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Enigma and Ultra: Information Becomes War's Ultimate Weapon (1939--1945) |
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271 | (4) |
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The Aircraft Carrier: A New Platform for War (1942) |
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275 | (3) |
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The Battle of Midway: What a Turning Point Looks Like (1942) |
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278 | (4) |
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Holocaust: The Wannsee Conference Plans the "Final Solution" (1942) |
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282 | (2) |
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Battle of Stalingrad: The Tide Turns on the Eastern Front (1942) |
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284 | (4) |
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Operation Overlord and the D-Day Landings: Breakthrough from the West (1944) |
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288 | (4) |
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Hiroshima, August 6: The New Wages of War (1945) |
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292 | (3) |
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The National Security Act Is Passed: The United States Remodels Its Military (1947) |
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295 | (2) |
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Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift: A Model Cold War Victory (1948--1949) |
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297 | (3) |
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A Treaty Signed in Brussels: The Creation of NATO (1949) |
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300 | (3) |
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The Birth of "Limited War": Finding a "Substitute for Victory" in Korea (1950--1951) |
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303 | (4) |
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu: The Domino Theory Emerges (1954) |
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307 | (2) |
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Herman Kahn Publishes On Thermonuclear War. Challenging the MAD Doctrine (1960) |
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309 | (3) |
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Strategy at the Thermonuclear Brink (1962) |
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312 | (4) |
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The Arab-Israeli War of June 5-10: Three Fronts, Six Days, Total Victory (1967) |
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316 | (3) |
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The Tet Offensive: Pyrrhic Victory in the Vietnam War (1968) |
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319 | (3) |
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My Lai Massacre and the Pentagon Papers: The Road to an All-Volunteer Force (1969--1971) |
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322 | (4) |
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Limits of Military Superpower: The Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979--1981) |
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326 | (2) |
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The Gulf War: The Architecture of Coalition Warfare (1990) |
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328 | (4) |
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From the F-117A to the Predator: The Rise of Stealth and Drone Weapons Technology (1989--1994) |
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332 | (3) |
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The Bosnian War: European Tribalism (1992--1995) |
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335 | (3) |
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"The First War of the Twenty-first Century": 9/11 and the Era of Endless American War (2001--) |
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338 | (2) |
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The Bronze Soldier of Tallinn: Cyber Becomes the New Battlefield (2007) |
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340 | (3) |
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