French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

Rare is the true cult hit movie. Unknown actors, an original story, an independent feature with a low budget. How often does a movie like that truly break through? When it happens, it feels ...

And Trump’s brand of America First isolationism has always sat awkwardly with his Napoleonic tendencies. Then, there are economic considerations. As climate change lengthens the shipping season ...

Is New Orleans safe That was a question I kept asking myself over the course of four nights at a hotel just a short walk from the French Quarter ...

It is this 'fatal march on Moscow' that Adam Zamoyski describes so vividly in 1812. The tale has been told many times already. That is not surprising. Napoleon's invasion of Russia was an epic tragedy ...

US president-elect Donald Trump's threat to turn the world's second-largest country, Canada, into part of the United States by means of "economic force" represents the most serious threat to ...

And the good ol’ red, white, and blue got absolutely wrecked. Back in 1812, we declared war on Britain and tried to invade Canada, a campaign Thomas Jefferson predicted would be “a mere matter of ...

the Napoleonic Wars continue, but high society and family dramas will never rest. First staged in 2012 (leading to a Broadway run in 2016), Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 focuses on a ...

The original War of 1812 battle site that gave way to modern Toronto. Preserved as a 43-acre archeological park, Fort York is where British soldiers, First Nations warriors and Upper Canadian ...

Recently we found ourselves discussing the War of 1812 because of a major similarity with the coup attempt of Jan. 6, 2021 — namely, a direct attack on the U.S. Capitol. As O'Malley ...