The standoff across the Taiwan Strait began during the Chinese Civil War, which pitted the fledgling Communists and the ruling Nationalist government. Originating in 1927, the civil war stretched into ...

U.S. naval air power had stretched its reach the full width of the Pacific. U.S. carrier-borne planes dominated the skies 6,000 miles west of the American mainland. For the first time, they roared up ...

Twentieth century dictators are specialists in setting up awkward gambits for their opponents—confronting them with the choice of fighting over unattractive terrain for inconsequential gains, or ...