Through the 1800s, the Prussian Army became a model of military excellence that reshaped European warfare. In this episode, we uncover how rigorous discipline, groundbreaking tactics, and decisive ...

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Most American schoolchildren have heard the story of Valley Forge. In broad outline, it goes like this: By the winter of 1777, the Revolutionary War was in its third year. That fall the Continental ...

The past, famously, is a foreign country. Unfortunately, it often seems that “foreign wars” fought before 1900 are too distant to find their way into our policy analysis. And without understanding the ...