The samurai’s history and legacy, Angela Merkel’s 21st-century military and a new aviation festival

The grisly fate of more than 16,000 soldiers and civilians during the First Anglo-Afghan War serves as a timeless lesson in hubris and bad leadership

In this issue’s Frontline, the US in Greenland, its contribution to WWI, nuclear threats in Ukraine, Operation Urgent Fury’s aftermath and Lviv’s troubled history

Has the United States always been an imperial power? Edward Stourton offers his insight on the history of the Land of the Free

It’s hard to assess the significance of events ...

In issue 155, Professor Philpott laid out the case for why the US Army did not ‘win’ WWI on the battlefield. Here he explores how the major US contribution to victory came in money, material and motivation