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Letters
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Dispatches
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Features
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Miracle
From the Air
Seventy-five years ago allied
airmen pulled off the Berlin
Airlift, the most remarkable
supply operation in history.
By Don Smith
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Taking Riga
by Storm
German General Oskar von
Hutier’s 1917 capture of the
Baltic port debuted tactics
still in use on battlefields.
By David T. Zabecki
Departments
14
Interview
Francis Whitebird
The Warrior
Tradition
18
Valor
An ‘Undesirable’
Hero
2
MILITARY HISTORY
SUMMER 2023
Reviews
72
War Games
78
Captured!
80
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Bitter Harvest
The successful 1704 French
and Indian surprise raid on
Deerfield, Mass., ultimately
backfired on New France.
By P.G. Smith
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A Fierce
Little Fight
In 1995 Peru and Ecuador
waged a 34-day border war
with Spanish colonial origins
using the latest in high tech.
By Jerome Long
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Precision vs.
Propaganda
When commanders hired
artists to depict their glory,
they got what they ordered
—just don’t look too closely.
By Jon Guttman
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The British
‘Bulldog’
Nicknamed for his dogged
determination, Major Patrick
Ferguson very nearly earned
fame for his namesake rifle.
By John Miles
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What We
Learned From...
The Taiwan Strait
Crises, 1954–96
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Hardware
Douglas C-47
Skytrain
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Hallowed
Ground
Canyon de Chelly,
Arizona
On the cover:
Colonel Gail Halvorsen (1920–2022), famed “Candy Bomber” of the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, poses before a commemorative
Douglas C-47 at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2016. He wears the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit. (Michael Probst/Associated Press)
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