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1. James Monroe -- Revolutionary War
   James Monroe was the last of the Virginia Dynasty elected to the White House. He was ... the last Revolutionary War veteran to be elected President. This article traces his career from war hero to diplomat.
2. Battle of Bunker Hill -- Revolutionary War
   Was the Battle of Bunker Hill actually fought on Bunker Hill? Find out in this beautifully recreated depiction of one of the Revolutionary War's most famous battles. The centerpiece of this recreation is the famous painting of the event, and it is accompanied by an article describing the historic fight.
3. Ninety Six National Historic Site -- Revolutionary War
   Ninety Six had become a prosperous village by the time the American Revolutionary War came knocking at the door. The first land battle of the war fought south of New England took place at Ninety Six in 1775. The village became a Loyalist stronghold early in the war and was fortified by the British in 1780. From May 22 - June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the village. The 28-day siege, the longest of the entire war, centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort. Despite having more troops, Greene's patriots were eventually unsuccessful in taking the town.
4. Napoleonic Wars -- French Revolutionary
   The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonaparte's rule over France. They were partly an extension of conflicts sparked by the French Revolution, and continued during the regime of the First French Empire. These wars revolutionized European army and artillery, as well as military systems, and were of a scale never before seen, mainly due to the application of modern mass conscription. French power rose quickly, conquering most of Europe; the fall was ... rapid, beginning with the disastrous invasion of Russia, and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France.
5. Battle of Waterloo -- French Revolutionary
   At around 12.30 one of the most famous incidents of the entire Battle of Waterloo took place. This was the closing of the North Gate at Hougoumont. About 30-40 French soldiers had battered down the gate and burst into the courtyard. Lieutenant Colonels Macdonnell and Wyndham, Ensigns Gooch and Hervey and six other Guardsmen managed to push the gates shut the gates in the faces of the onrushing French. All those who had burst in were slaughtered to a man, except for one drummer boy whose life was spared. After the battle Wellington said that the outcome of the entire battle hinged on this one single dramatic incident.
6. War in Literature -- Civil War
   From his experience in the Spanish Civil War came Hemingway's great novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), which, in detailing an incident in the war, argues for human brotherhood. His novella The Old Man and the Sea (1952) celebrates the indomitable courage of an aged Cuban fisherman. Among Hemingway's other works are the novels To Have and Have Not (1937) and Across the River and into the Trees (1950); he ... edited an anthology of stories, Men at War (1942). Posthumous publications include A Moveable Feast (1964), a memoir of Paris in the 1920s; the novels Islands in the Stream (1970) and True at First Light (1999), a safari saga begun in 1954 and edited by his son Patrick; and The Nick Adams Stories (1972), a collection that includes previously unpublished pieces.
7. War (Genre) -- World War
   Frontlines: Fuel of War is an open-ended First Person Shooter set in the next gen war. Set in a fictional future based upon the headlines of today, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the lifeblood of the world's economy. Frontlines: Fuel of War combines intensely cinematic, non-linear gameplay, with next generation firepower and a revolutionary Frontline Combat System to deliver the most thrilling and engaging FPS to date.
8. War in Literature -- Vietnam War
   [Most representations of the Vietnam War in literature and film have been American or European. Vietnamese films and literature on the conflict have rarely been distributed outside Vietnam. During the past two decades... Hong Kong's cinema produced many films which deal directly or indirectly with the conflict. Most Hong Kong commercial representations "resemble their American counterparts with action, rather than verisimilitude, high on the agenda." (leaf 2). Some films indulge in familiar stereotypes. Generally, Hong Kong commercial films tend to view the Vietnamese as totally 'other' and dangerous.
9. Napoleonic Wars
   The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations between 1799 and 1815. They followed on from the War of the First Coalition (1793-97) and engaged nearly all European nations in a bloody struggle, a struggle that ... spilled over into Egypt, America and South America. During the Wars (for during this period the fighting was not constant) warfare was to change and move towards modern warfare leaving behind forever the idea of war as a sport of kings and moving towards the concept of Total War and the nations in arms. Weaponry also evolved though at a much slower rate than the ideas of the nation at arms and conscription. By the end of the period most European armies had riflemen and the British made the first large scale use of Congreve Rockets in a European war. The period starting with bright uniforms but by the end of the period dark blue or green uniforms had become common for skirmishers, the beginnings of military camouflage.
10. Prisoners -- War
    In the Vietnamese conflict, a major concern in negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam was the release of hundreds of American prisoners of war and the repatriation of both North and South Vietnamese prisoners. By 1971 the prospects of U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam depended largely on a solution of the prisoner-of-war problem, which had been employed as a bargaining point by North Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, after the signing of the cease-fire in January, the first contingent of 143 American military and civilian prisoners of war arrived in the Philippines. During the following weeks, 444 prisoners were released. Two decades later, more than 2000 U.S. soldiers remained unaccounted for and are listed as missing in action.

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