And then a fiery, Scottish-born captain took the fight to Britain itself. John Paul Jones didn’t just harass British shipping—he invaded British soil. With a crew of rough sailors and a sloop-of-war, ...

George Caldwell is a correspondent for The Daily Signal. Send an email to George. A quarter of a millennium ago, a “Swamp Fox” and his rag-tag group of compatriots put the lion of the British Empire ...

In “Advance Britannia,” Alan Allport shows the fighting from the perspective of England and its colonies. By Kevin Peraino Kevin Peraino is the author, most recently, of “A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman ...

Britain has been part of a lot of wars throughout history, most of which were in the name of expanding the kingdom to all regions of the world, which is not exactly a noble crusade by today's ...

Until recently, it seemed we, Britons, would do anything to get the attention of the world’s most powerful superpower. Up to and including becoming embroiled in ill-conceived wars in Iraq and ...