China’s leader draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a Qing official whose defiance of Britain led to China’s humiliating defeat ...

As German heavy tanks tore through Allied lines, Britain pushed the United States to adopt the formidable 17‑pounder ...

Bouverie may have written the best single volume overview of the diplomatic wrangling among the Great Powers during World War II.

A National Guard captain has warned that damage to China’s ports during a US-China war could be long and arduous to repair—with long-term impacts to the US economy as well.

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

U.K. officials have tracked what they describe as an escalating campaign of surveillance and intimidation against Hong Kong ...

Peter Watkins, who has died the day after his 90th birthday, was a radical and visionary filmmaker who won an Oscar for The War Game, his mock-documentary about the aftermath of a nuclear attack on ...

And then a fiery, Scottish-born captain took the fight to Britain itself. John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s warning last month might lack the fateful portents of Sir Edward Grey’s lament on the eve ...

After World War II, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day, and its purpose grew to honor all U.S. veterans from every war.

The worst European fears about Trump’s second term have not yet come to pass. Trump has not withdrawn U.S. troops from Europe ...

A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil to Asia, evading Western sanctions.