The military has always been a “social experiment” The United States Army has a long and complicated history surrounding inclusiveness and diversity. Be it race,…
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A Quick Look at the Historiography Concomitant with the idea of a “Western Way of War” is the quest for decisive battle. Throughout much of…
Between 1905 and 1914, the various powers in Europe and the United States developed air power at a much different rate. During this period, the…
On October 25, 1983, US President Ronald Reagan launched Operation Urgent Fury, an air and sea invasion of the tiny island of Grenada. Initially alluding to the…
Is it Counterintuitive? The 20th century witnessed the most destructive wars in human history, but high intensity conventional wars were the exception, rather than the…
Few historians have as monumental of an impact on the field as Edward M. Coffman. Throughout his career, he has broken new ground in military…
What Are They? How Has the Concept Played Out? Revolutions in military affairs have had meaningful impacts on the way wars have been fought. A…
How the Major Powers Innovated Between World War I and World War II The prolonged stalemate of trench warfare on the western front of the…
Father of American Architecture Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is one of the world’s most brilliant and accomplished architects. He is best known for his creation of…
Douhet, Mitchell, and Trenchard Oh My! Following the First World War, a trio of airpower theorists asserted the primacy of airpower and its ability to…