The Frontiersmen Who Couldn't Shoot Straight: The Army Vs. The Pioneers, 1815-1845
2/2/2025
MAJ Humes reviews Michno's work challenging frontier mythology, praising its portrayal of Army officers as Enlightenment-influenced professionals who sought to r...
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The Chief's Corner: The Army at 250
11/30/2025
Army History Winter 2025 marks the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary with the Call to Arms exhibit, a revised Centuries of Service, and tributes to Lt. Col. Adrian T...
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Chief Historian's Footnote: Celebrating Army Historians
2/28/2025
A commemoration of 250 years of U.S. Army historians, from Lt. Col. Richard Varick's appointment in 1781 to modern combat historians, chronicling their essential...
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Bipolar General: My Forever War With Mental Illness
8/31/2025
Combat trauma’s lasting impact emerges through a senior Army leader’s struggle with bipolar disorder, revealing how unchecked symptoms can undermine readiness, l...
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Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War
8/31/2025
Col. Benson's firsthand account reveals how Pentagon officials ignored expert war planners, forcing fewer troops than doctrine required and dismissing Phase IV w...
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"This We'll Defend": The Birth of the US Army
5/31/2025
Honoring the Army’s 250-year legacy of defending a free people, tracing its origins from the Revolutionary War to the enduring symbols of the Army seal and the f...
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News Notes
11/30/2025
Obituary of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Adrian G. Traas (1934–2024), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer, historian, and Vietnam veteran. Also includes news on AUSA’s Medal...
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Confessions Of A Weekend Warrior: Thirty-five Years In The National Guard
8/31/2025
A memoir chronicling 35 years in the Massachusetts Army National Guard, from 1979-2014, offering candid insights into the Guard's transformation from strategic r...
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COPRS Competency?: III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters In Vietnam
8/31/2025
A critical analysis of III Marine Amphibious Force headquarters performance in Vietnam, arguing the command failed at corps-level operations due to poor C2, negl...
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Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership, and Social Connections in Modern War
8/31/2025
Review of John Spencer's Connected Soldiers examining military unit cohesion, leadership, and the impact of internet/social media on soldier bonds during Iraq de...
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The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan
2/28/2025
Review of The Ledger examines how U.S. policy decisions, strategic missteps, and complex regional dynamics contributed to the failure in Afghanistan, highlightin...
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Chief Historian’s Footnote: Rebalancing Operational History
6/20/2025
This article examines the fragmentation of war records and declassification authority following the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. Chief Historian Jim Malachowsk...
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November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II
3/31/2025
Book review of November 1942 by Peter Englund. An intimate history of WWII's turning point told through 40 personal stories from soldiers and civilians worldwide...
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Book Reviews: Conscription, Conscientious Objection, and Draft Resistance in American History
3/31/2025
This article reviews Jerry Elmer's 'Conscription, Conscientious Objection, and Draft Resistance in American History,' examining opposition to the draft from 1863...
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Union General: Samuel Rayan Curtis and Victory in the West
3/31/2025
Book review of William L. Shea's biography of Union General Samuel Ryan Curtis, examining his military career, achievements in the Trans-Mississippi Theater duri...
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