MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History takes you on an exciting journey to the world's greatest battles and campaigns over the last 5,000 years, from ancient warfare through modern battles. Written by distinguished authors and historians who bring the world of history alive, the magazine covers in vivid detail the soldiers, leaders, tactics, and weapons throughout military history, and delivers it in an exquisitely illustrated, premium quality edition.

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MHQ:The Quarterly Journal of Military History • SUMMER 2021 VOL. 33, NO. 4

BOGEY MEN

MATTERS OF PROPORTION • Societies throughout history have struggled with the matter of who, or what, can be a legitimate target for military action.

POX AMERICANA • An epidemic ripped through the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Caleb Haskell lived to write about it.

GREAT DECEIVERS • In one way or another, these 10 famous prestidigitators used their talents to serve their countries in time of war.

IN THE BULL’S-EYE

ARMS AND THE MEN • What’s this striking art deco building doing in the middle of the nation’s most important Civil War battlefield?

JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION

BIRTH OF A NOTION (OR TWO)

POLAND’S MEN IN BLUE • Józef Haller dreamed of an army that would help bring about the return of an independent Poland.

LAST GASP AT GRANVILLE • In 1945 a German raiding force from the Channel Islands launched a daring attack on a port in Allied-occupied France.

THE TIME FACTOR • In wars throughout history, for better or for worse, the clock has always been ticking.

BANKING ON WAR • Vintage realms of the coin…

THE HELLFIGHTER • “He was our benefactor and inspiration,” Eubie Blake, the jazz great, once said of James Reese Europe, who wielded a baton, not a rifle, for much of World War I.

CULTURE OF WAR

EYES ON AN INVASION

BIG SHOTS

THE ENLISTEE • When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Ernest Peixotto was eager to lend his hand to the effort.

THE AIRMAN • A dramatic scene in 1917, the film directed by Sam Mendes, set the author on the trail of his grandfather in World War I.

ODE TO A PATRIOT

Valcour: The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of Liberty

The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom

Roman Britain’s Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana?

A CARDINAL IN HAWK’S CLOTHING

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