With so many spots devoted to Colonial and Revolutionary history in the Williamsburg area, what makes Yorktown Battlefield so special? For starters, it's the site of the 1781 siege and surrender ...

Military history professor Bill Allison rates more Vietnam War movies, such as "Forrest Gump," for realism. Allison breaks down additional battlefield tactics used by the Viet Cong, or VC ...

Everybody needs an icon, a role model ... I grew up hearing mostly about the 'his' in 'history' — stories about men trundling around in battlefield fisticuffs, or conquering territories that ...