France's first black general once fought a cavalry squadron by himself — and emerged unscathed

For his actions, Napoleon Bonaparte dubbed him the "Horatius Cocles of the Tyrol." ...
The Atlantic

Savage Squadrons

THE Marines joyously adopted the German epithet Teufelhund and called themselves Devil Dogs. The old British Army of Mons — the contemptible little army of the Kaiser’s speech — liked to be called the ...
The National Interest

How the Army Built the Habsburg Empire

Richard Bassett, For God and Kaiser: The Imperial Austrian Army, 1619–1918 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015), 616 pp., $45.00. THE REPUTATION of the Austrian imperial army, unlike its Prussian ...
The National Interest

This Secret Weapon is How Napoleon Nearly Conquered Europe

Most historians agree that Napoleon was not a great military innovator. Instead, he won his battles by brilliantly combining the innovations of others, such as Marshal de Broglie’s system of military ...