What if... the continental army had not escaped after the battle of long island?

Confederate victory at Antietam might have contributed to the end of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency in the election of 1864

The USA’s standing army maintains traditions and remains prepared for the defence of the country in the 21st century

A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement in WWI

Could lessons from the last great conflict help the democratic world triumph over the rise in autocratic power?

In this issue’s Frontline you can read our interview with former CIA Assistant Director Mark Lowenthal; analysis of the USA’s historic military strategy in Greenland; plus full accounts of how two key conflicts of the 20th century came to an end

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