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July 2014
COVER
STORY
50 The Poets of Hell
A few young, literary Englishmen described the realities of
trench warfare, not as effete observers but as participants,
suffering alongside their countrymen in the Great War
By Anthony Brandt
FEATURES
26 Rush to Disaster
In Korea, Task Force Smith became a lesson in military hubris By Ron Soodalter
34 Napoléon’s Six Days
The retreating emperor turned defeat into victory—almost By James W. Shosenberg
44 Bankrolling the French
How Treasury’s Henry Morgenthau Jr. helped France buy an air force By Peter Moreira
58 Art From the Trenches
World War I troops on both sides of the front transformed the detritus of war into art
64 Treachery in Tripoli
Christians were fighting Christians when Muslims came calling By Richard Tada
DEPARTMENTS
6 LETTERS
8 NEWS
22 HARDWARE
USS Olympia
25 LETTER FROM MILITARY HISTORY
14 WEIDER READER
Excerpts From Our Sister Publications
72 REVIEWS
16 INTERVIEW
Nick Mueller: D-Day and Beyond
76 HALLOWED GROUND
Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
19 VALOR
The Highest Order
79 WAR GAMES
80 CAPTURED!
War’s Unexpected Images
21 WHAT WE LEARNED…
From Manila Bay, 1898
ON THE COVER: IN A SCENE FILMED BEHIND THE LINES FOR THE 1916 BRITISH PROPAGANDA FILM THE BATTLE
OF THE SOMME , SOLDIERS RUSH THE WIRE. (GEOFFREY H. MALINS/IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS, Q 70169)
Napoléon’s Last Licks, P. 34
MILITARY HISTORY
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MOVING MOUNTAINS
Not even the the Alps could thwart
Napoléon during his rise to power
in 1800. In 1814, however, despite
such moments of martial brilliance,
he was unable to keep the armies
of the Sixth Coalition out of Paris.
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HISTORY
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