Since the Cold War, the United States has conducted over half a dozen military interventions in Latin America.

War might not be the locomotive of history, but it drives the writing of the world’s most-published historian. Jeremy Black’s extraordinary body of work regularly returns to themes in military history ...

Gwynne Dyer was a British-Canadian military historian who has written extensively on war and historical events in the Middle East. His 2021 book, The Shortest History of War, analyses the wars of the ...

In this book’s chapters on the history of war, its causes and effects, and the effort to control war through ethics and law, it becomes clear why the author of this very useful volume wishes he were a ...

Stella, a WWII refugee, shares her story of never losing hope for a better world. Stella Andrássy fled the Red Army invasion of Hungary in 1945. Born in Sweden, she married into one of Hungary's most ...

The 74-day clash found Argentina and the United Kingdom battling for control of the Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the South Atlantic. Ken Griffiths via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 For ...

A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, ...

He says the Total War games will always diverge from the "real" path of history, because the games allow players to make ...

President Donald Trump recently hinted that he may revert the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, an old title dating back to 1789. “It used to be called the Department of War and it ...

This holiday period you can grab a free issue of History of War magazine! Plus, save up to 33% with our fantastic print and digital subscription deals. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Editor’s Note: Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London, and the editor of “War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict.” The following is an edited excerpt taken ...

You’re reading this week’s At War newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Friday. Email us at [email protected]. In a newly released book, “Killer High: A History of War in ...