Human civilization really took off with efficient war

Photo of actor Hayley Mills for a multi-page feature of celebrities by veteran LIFE photographer Gjon Mili . Cover photo for t...

Korea has been in the news lately and appears it will be for some time as the North and South are up to their usual saber-rattling, possibly...

An example of one of the few things hippies are good for , though a tad coffee house beat-poet and derivative for my tastes. Chicago Seed (...

From Astounding Science Fiction (December 1946) .

4 Color Comics #18 (1942).

5 years in Iraq. Is the view for their future any clearer than the one through this bullet-riddled windshield? Photo by Karim Kadim, AP.

"Quick! To the Officer's Club!" From War Heroes #2 (1942) .