On July 3, 1863, as three miles of Confederate infantry surged toward Cemetery Ridge in the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg, a lesser-known but equally decisive clash unfolded three ...

Pixelated Apollo showcases a massive Civil War battle simulation in Ultimate General: Civil War, highlighting tactical ...

The Atlanta History Center replaced an exhibition focused on military history with a reflection of America’s defining ...

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This is not what America’s top officers have always done. The country’s most senior generals and admirals are expected to provide unvarnished military counsel to the president and swear an oath to ...

The U.S. Colored Troops were among the first to arrive in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation—yet their story has long been overlooked.

Donald Trump raised the chilling specter of an "ultimate alternative" if the current deal he says is pending with Iran fails to materialize. The president, 79, appeared to imply a nuclear attack ...

Kyiv — Several retired U.S. generals and the former director of a U.S. intelligence agency told CBS News they believe Ukraine now has the upper hand in the war with Russia. They gave that assessment ...

Fifty years ago, a U.S. Air Force colonel named John Boyd offered a profound insight into why battles are won or lost. His famous Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — or OODA — Loop described the mental ...

In the cold early months of the election year 1864, the abolitionist Frederick Douglass wrote a speech called “The Mission of the War” and took it on the road, delivering it dozens of times in towns ...

Readers of a certain age may recall the saga of Gen. Smedley Butler — among the most admired and decorated commanders in Marine Corps history — whose 1935 essay declaring “War is a Racket” cemented ...