Long before the first Europeans set foot on American soil, the native people who lived there had spent centuries perfecting the art of combat. Even after visitors arrived from across the vast oceans ...

Guerrilla warfare has always thrived on tools that turn weakness into opportunity. Across jungles, mountains, and dense cities, insurgent groups have relied on cheap rifles, improvised bombs, and ...

When Winfield Scott landed near Veracruz on March 8, 1847, with the intention of winning the war with Mexico by seizing Mexico City, nearly 250 miles away over rugged mountains, many predicted he ...

Douglas Kennedy reports on Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox," detailing his innovative guerrilla warfare tactics in South Carolina swamps during the Revolutionary War. Rick Wise and Steven Smith explain ...