The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

Japanese War was the ultimate test between the respective modernisation processes of both Japan and China. The war didn't ...

Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little ...

Although the 'Star Wars' prequels went on to feature a much more infamous conflict, a crucial battle emerged before 'The ...

At 7:53 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1975, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter ascended from the rooftop of the United States embassy in downtown Saigon carrying ten Marine Security Guards toward the ...

The nature of war -- Generalship -- pt. 1. Ancient warfare: War in earliest times. The ancient Greeks. The expansion of Rome. The Roman defensive and the Barbarian migrations -- pt. 2. Medieval ...

Since the end of World War II, the “men on a mission” action film genre has been rich in great entries. It makes sense: small units taking on insurmountable odds away from the front lines makes for ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a strike – ...

The drive to explore is one of the most potent human urges. Finding out what's just around the next bend has been a prerogative of humanity since the earliest hunters and gatherers. As long as there ...

In the early 2000s, operators in the U.S. military’s special operations community started using the Heckler & Koch HK416 as one of their primary battle rifles. It was initially meant to replace the ...

Violent delights: a scene from Warfare, written and directed by Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza - A24/Murray Close Something is wrong in this bland Washington DC hotel room, but it’s hard to tell exactly ...

The following is an excerpt from Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science ...