'Tis Not Our War': Why Most Americans Dodged the Civil War Draft and Deserted the Union Army It's not hard to understand why so many Americans join the military during a time of crisis.
Why No One Could Capture the Experience of Junior Enlisted Marines Like 'Generation Kill' Author Evan Wright HBO's "Generation Kill" is probably the best show ever made about modern warfare told from the perspective of those who...
Navy SEAL Vet Jack Carr's First-Ever Nonfiction Book Traces the Roots of the Global War on Terror To this day, the barracks attack in Beirut remains the single greatest loss of life the Marine Corps has experienced since...
'Codename Nemo': How a WWII Aircraft Carrier Became the First Ship to Capture an Enemy at Sea Since the War of 1812 By June 1944, Capt. Daniel Gallery and the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal were in the middle of their second hunter-killer...
How Shannon Kent Became a Trailblazer Among US Special Operations Forces This is an excerpt from "SEND ME: The True Story of a Mother at War" by Marty Skovlund Jr. & Joe Kent.
'I Will Tell No War Stories': A Writer Uncovers His Father's Hidden World War II History When Pincus Mansfield settled down after the war, got married and had children, he never talked about his experiences and his...
‘Are You Planning on Running Away and Joining the Army?’ "Sometimes I think about joining the military." That was what Andrew said to me one evening in the winter of 2007, when he...
17 Books Every Service Member Should Read, According to Troops and Veterans We surveyed U.S. troops and veterans for the best books that every active-duty service member should read.
'2054' Is a Novel of the New Atomic Bomb and the Next American Civil War The year is 2054. The United States is recovering from a destructive war with China. When the otherwise healthy president of...
The 11 Finalists for the First-Ever American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History The American Battlefield Trust Book Prize for History is like March Madness for the best books on military history.
Former Pentagon Spokesperson Speaks Out About Leaked War Plans President Donald Trump is downplaying the texting of attack plans to a group chat that included a journalist as...
Trump Defends Waltz After Signal Leak, Slams Journalist Involved as a 'Sleazebag' President Donald Trump is defending his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, and top administration officials are downplaying a security...
Senate Democrats Clash With Trump's Intelligence Officials Over War Plans Group Chat Senate Democrats are calling for further investigations and possible resignations following news that top national security officials texted military...
Journalist Says He Was Added in Group Chat in Secure App Among Trump Officials Regarding War Plans Top national security officials for President Donald Trump, including his defense secretary, texted war plans for upcoming military strikes...
Trump Says He Knows 'Nothing' About His Defense Officials Texting War Plans to the Atlantic Editor President Donald Trump said Monday he knows "nothing" about his top national security officials inadvertently texting war plans to...