MILITARY HISTORY MAGAZINE August 1994 Collector's Issue

Military History August 1994 Collector's Issue

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Featured Articles:

• Napoleon Evaluates Caesar's Greatest Conquest
• Three Thousand Years of War Art
• Lee-Longstreet Dispute at Gettysburg
• U.S. Bomber Crewman's Trial by Combat Over Fortress Europe
• Korean War's Most Critical Battle

6 EDITORIAL
8 WEAPONRY
Under a castle-like church in a picturesque German town, something was "cooking"—uranium. - By Dennis Burnside
10 ESPIONAGE
Little did British General Charles Cornwallis suspect that the slave he employed as a spy was already working for the other side. - By John H. Waller
20 PERSPECTIVES - By Napoleon Bonaparte
A former French emperor reaches back over the centuries to analyze Julius Caesar's Commentaries On the Gallic War.
30 Victory Never to be Forgotten - By Eric Niderost
Long after Sir Arthur Wellesley had become the Duke of Wellington, long after his triumphs in Spain and at Waterloo, he was asked to cite the best thing he had ever done in battle. Without hesitation, he replied: "Assaye."
38 Sent Into Action Unprepared - Interview by Jon Guttman
The B-24 aircrews of the 449^th Bomb Group paid a heavy price for their inadequate training. "In a little less than six months," recalled navigator Don Currier, "of the 17 crews that I went overseas with, 10 were shot down."
46 Generals At Odds - By Jeffry D. Wert
James Longstreet disagreed with General Robert E. Lee's decision to attack at Gettysburg: "If the enemy is there, it will be because he is anxious that we should attack him — a good reason, in my judgment, for not doing so."
54 Rout Finally Achieved - By Uzal E. Ent
By August 11, 1950, North Korean attackers were infiltrating all around Yongsan. "There are dozens of enemy and American forces all over the area," remarked one American regimental commander, "and they are surrounding each other."
62 Illustrating War - By Jon Guttman
In 1190 BC, Pharaoh Ramses III was concerned with depicting his enemies being slaughtered and scattered. In 1982 AD, Prince Andrew just wanted his role in the Falklands War portrayed as it was—no more, no less.
70 REVIEWS - By C. Brian Kelly
Some of Military History's contributors have gone on to bigger things — as the authors of books.
74 PERSONALITY - By Gerard J. De Groot
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig claimed: "I have only been the instrument to carry out the Almighty's intentions."
82 TRAVEL By Dave Page
Once "caught in the backwash" of history, Port Hudson is now one of the best preserved Civil War battlefields.
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