The U.S. wasn't ready for war: While European powers had entered World War I with large ... of performing special useful service for coastal defense" to enlist in the Navy's reserve force.

At the turn of the 20th century, Adrian Carton de Wiart was struggling academically. While considering whether to continue pursuing a law degree at the University of Oxford, he desperately sought ...

William Bauer, a UNLV expert on Native American affairs, said many American Indians “volunteered for the Army during World War I because ... third line of defense and seize their objective ...

Since World War II the United Kingdom has ... to be serious and capable partners in their own defense. Nations apparently willing and eager for American taxpayers to assume the growing security ...

the Vietnam War forced the United States to reckon with the limits and false promises of the American exceptionalism that had taken hold after the conclusion of World War II. The devastation ...