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The article discusses the passage of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, which changed the functions of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and how the military performs operations. Topics include the adoption of the jointness concept during the operation Desert Storm, also known as the Gulf War, the positive reactions to the concept, and other factors in the victory of the Gulf War.

The article focuses on the English Civil War which lead series of armed conflicts between Royalists and Parliamentarians in England in 1642. Topics discussed include Battle of Edgehill of the English Civil War, fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire, England; deployment of Royalist army in and around Edgecote, east of the Parliamentary army and opposition of Parliamentarians to Charles I, King of England.

The article presents a biography of American lawyer, judge and legislator Andrew Jackson. Long before his rise to national fame during the War of 1812, Jackson helped shape the American frontier. Before the Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans made Jackson a national hero, he earned his living in the legal profession. Having suffered through hardship, Jackson never forgot the price he and others had paid to obtain liberties in the U.S.