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DEPARTMENTS
22On DesignBy Joseph Miranda
64Work in ProgressCold War, Hot Armor
65World War IBy Dave Schroeder
66Did You Know?
68For Your Information
• First Medal of Honor By Jon Cecil
• John Riley By Ernest Volkman
• U-boats in the Far East By Greg Smith
76Media Reviews
78The Long Tradition
FEATURES
6Armies of the White SunThe War in China, 1937-1945China’s two-millennia-long imperial period came to an end in 1912. What followed was decades of war and unrest. Exploiting the turmoil was Japan, who in 1937 would spark the Second Sino-Japanese War.By Terence Co
24Belisarius and the Reconquest of AfricaWith the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian embarked on a campaign to regain the lost territory. Leading this campaign was Justinian’s greatest general, Belisarius.By Joseph Miranda
38Pyrrhic VictoryThe Lava Beds War, 1872-1873Three years before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the US Army fought a series of brutal battles against the Modoc Indians along the Oregon-California border in what became known as the Lava Beds War.By Jon Cecil
46VicksburgGrant’s MasterpieceAnalysis of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory in the Battle of Vicksburg during the American Civil War. By Justin S. Solonick
PUBLISHERDr. Christopher Cummins
ASSISTANT PUBLISHER/ ART dIREcToRCallie Cummins
ASSISTANT ART dIREcToRLisé Patterson
MANAgINg EdIToRKyle Lockwood
MEdIA coLUMN EdIToRChris Perello
EdIToR EMERITUSJoseph Miranda
dESIgNL. Jason Shroyer & Chris Dickson
MAP gRAPHIcSJoe Youst
PRoof TEAMPaul Bessemer, Dave Carson, John Carter, Chris Dickson, Lee Enderlin, J.R. Hoyne, Robert Killeen, Javier Romero, Tim Tow, & Robert Zmuda
WEBMASTERChris Dickson
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