The modern world isn’t an accident, at least when it comes to overall geography. Often, the borders we see on any map were drawn by the edge of a sword or at the end of a rifle. Thousands of battles ...

Return to the scene of one of Alexander the Great's most decisive battles, where he wrested control of the Persian Empire from Darius III. Using cutting-edge computer gaming technology, we recreate ...

Sir Edward Creasy’s “The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World,” published in 1851, exemplified the military version of “Whig history,” which tends to identify some individuals and movements as ...