WAR

Summer's here, and for many of us that means the season of squirt guns and Super Soakers is upon us. But this American pastime goes back much further than most of us realize, for these beloved water pistols have enjoyed a long history predating even the C

With the centennial of the outbreak of hostilities coming up in 2014, Erik Sass will be looking back at the lead-up to the war, when seemingly minor moments of friction accumulated until the situation was ready to explode. He'll be covering those events 1

The story of one Civil War-era doctor’s quest to honor the memory of his patients. Flowers are overrated, anyway.

Militaries have been messing around with tear gas—a chemical weapon that dates back to the early 20th century—since World War I.

In our Retrobituaries series, we spotlight those departed whose lives are insufficiently celebrated. Here is a look at the life of Major General Thomas Farrell, who died at 75 in 1967.

Here are six commanders who were dealt bad hands, but bluffed and ended up flush.