Armchair General Advisory Board member Ralph Peters testifies to Congress and explains what YOU really need to know about Pakistan.

Author and historian Carlo D’Este examines what a difference someone like Winston Churchill might make in dealing with these difficult times.

“The Rogue Republic,” by William C. Davis, gives a detailed account of a little-known event in the history of North America, the brief life of the independent Republic of West Florida and the colorful characters behind its creation.

The book “Battlefield Angels: Saving Lives under Enemy Fire from Valley Forge to Afghanistan” shines a much-needed light on the all-too-often overlooked service of military corpsmen and medics and the evolution of battlefield medical care.

Military History Weekend will be held October 15 – 16, 2011, in Williamsburg, Virginia, featuring seminars. games, and interactive historical experiences including an authentic World War II boot camp.

A new steampunk miniatures game has hooked our gaming editor. Check out his initial take on Dystopian Wars.

With ‘Pride of Nations,’ AGEOD has stepped into the world of grand-strategy gaming and may have hit the jackpot, with depth like ‘Victoria II’ and PBEM deeper than ‘Diplomacy.’

Wartorn 1861–2010 may be tough to watch in its exploration of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the American Civil War to modern times, but its information is essential for veterans and their families and friends coping with PTSD.

Thirteen U.S. sailors have been interred in Tripoli, Libya, for over 200 years, and now Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, wants them brought home.

The bicentennial of the War of 1812 is less than a year away. The Great Lakes Seaway Trail has special events planned.

The year 2011 is the 175th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo and ‘The Glorious Texas Revolution and Great Runaway Scrap.’

A review of Victoria II says details are the soul of this real-time strategy game. Not visually exciting, it is very good at representing the economic and political issues and trends of the Industrial Age.

This review of Ironclads: Schleswig War, a computer game covering the often-ignored conflict between Denmark and the German Confederation in 1864, praises its graphics, AI and realistic physics but notes that it only covers part of the naval war.

The Battle of the Alamo has inspired songwriters for over 150 years. It spawned 19th-century ballads, movie soundtracks and a massive pop-music radio hit of the 1950s, The Ballad of Davy Crockett. Two authors explore its musical history.

General George Custer’s soldiers left their sabers behind when they set off to meet their fate at Little Bighorn. This was standard Army practice of the time, but would the battle’s outcome have been different if the 7th Cavalry had those sabers?

These are the battles selected by Armchair General forum members as the most decisive battles of history. Elimination rounds established the winner of the title The Most Decisive Battle of All Time.