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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Is it merely the alignment of ends, ways, and means? Strategy is the deliberate alignment of means to goals, a product of competent leaders operating…
Economics is the Sine Qua Non of Waging War In their three-volume Military Effectiveness set, Allan R. Millett and Williamson Murray argue that political effectiveness involves a…
The two most influential sea power theorists on twentieth-century naval warfare are Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian S. Corbett. One American, and one British, each…
The timing was perfect for me Entering college in my mid 30s was been quite the experience. Every day I witness the vast generational differences.…
These were my favorite five books that I read in 2022. All excellent works that might be useful for a great many of you. Here…
These were my favorite five books that I read in 2021. I know I’m a little late on putting this together, but I still think…