War & Conflict
The Officer Who May Have Stopped a Nuclear War
During the Cuban Missile Crisis a trapped Soviet submarine nearly fired a nuclear torpedo. The story is true, and more complicated than the legend.
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War & Conflict
Why wars began, how they were remembered and what they cost
War & Conflict
Why Did the Zulu Win at Isandlwana, and Still Lose the War?
It was among the worst defeats the British Army suffered in the colonial era. Within six months the Zulu kingdom was broken.
War & Conflict
Did Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets?
The image is on every cartoon and sports jersey. The evidence for it is a nineteenth-century opera.
War & Conflict
Was the Trojan Horse Ever Real?
The most famous trick in military history is missing from the earliest account of the war. That is only the first problem.